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Win7 Fresh Install - No Internet/Network Connection
Ok, I'm going to give a small amount of back story here as it may be relevant to the current problem. Yesterday I formatted my Win XP PC and tried to install Win7 on it. 3/4 of the way through the installation my PC would restart, and upon loading back into windows I would receive this error message:
“The computer restarted unexpectedly or encountered an unexpected error. Windows installation cannot proceed. To install Windows, click “OK” to restart the computer, and then restart the installation.”
There were a number of possible fixes to this problem detailed here. I eventually got the installation to complete properly by removing my Sound Card and my Network Card.
Ok, now onto the current problem. As stated, I have a new, clean install of Windows 7 32 which seems unable to connect to our BT Home Hub router. I have an ethernet connection to the router (lights: check, and cables are secure etc) and also a Wireless Network Card which may or may not be in a functioning state. By which I mean, I have had problems with it in the past but I can't remember exactly what is wrong with it. However, as I did with my XP install I want to connect via the ethernet cable.
In the Network and Sharing Center there are no networks listed.
I have attempted to update the drivers for my MB and the Network Card, neither of which seemed to do anything.
If I try to ping google or anywhere else it fails.
This could end up being a very simple issue, but I'm completely new to Win7 (and skipped Vista) so I don't really no where to go from here, and am kind of burned out after spending 8 hours yesterday just installing windows.
My PC specs:
Custom Built
OS: Windows 7 32bit
MOBO: ASUS M2N4-SLI
CPU: AMD Dual Core 3 GHz
Gfx Card: GeForce GTS 250
Network Card: Realtek 8185