Solved New (to me) laptop not able to connect to network at all

Berkey

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Just got a refurbished Dell latitude e6410, installed 7 pro on a SSD and now it will not connect to the internet. It says "windows did not detect any networking hardware", when clearly I am using the wireless connection to currently type this message on another computer.

I need a break this month, please tell me there is some simple problem for this (yes the switch on the side is on) and that there is not something faulty with the laptop or I might blow my brains out
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz8.00 GBNVIDIA NVS 3100M
Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0K42JR
Memory
8.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Sound Card
(1) NVIDIA High Definition Audio (2) IDT High Definition A
Monitor(s) Displays
1
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 59 Hz
Hard Drives
Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series ATA Device
going to use this computer and download the latest wifi driver, although it was advertised as having all updated, but we'll see and I'll report back
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz8.00 GBNVIDIA NVS 3100M
Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0K42JR
Memory
8.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Sound Card
(1) NVIDIA High Definition Audio (2) IDT High Definition A
Monitor(s) Displays
1
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 59 Hz
Hard Drives
Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series ATA Device
Got it. Jumped to conclusions (thats what being up all night will do) installed the right drivers and I'm off and running
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz8.00 GBNVIDIA NVS 3100M
Computer type
PC/Desktop
OS
Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
CPU
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5 CPU M 520 @ 2.40GHz
Motherboard
Dell Inc. 0K42JR
Memory
8.00 GB
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA NVS 3100M
Sound Card
(1) NVIDIA High Definition Audio (2) IDT High Definition A
Monitor(s) Displays
1
Screen Resolution
1440 x 900 x 32 bits (4294967296 colors) @ 59 Hz
Hard Drives
Samsung SSD 840 PRO Series ATA Device
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