I have attempted to resolve this myself for a couple of days now. I have read through many questions and answers only to find that I have no clue what is going on here. I am at my wits end with this. Please help I also ran a couple of scans on my W7 system, the ipconfig /all is posted below and the other scan results are from Dell support (missing strings) -missing string bbfa36b0-30b0-4e36-8d8c-69df1d87626b-9b1121f2-ecea-4a97-bc88-ff6697bee886 :short-descr1 -missing string cf3463d8-8828-4f50-98c8-d04ca1fe42f3-3ad6f24c-96a9-4518-87ab-f4be0b5e1913 : short-descr1 results Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601] Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Users\Teresa>ipconfig /all Windows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Teresa-PC Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : D0-67-E5-28-A1-2D DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.156.172(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Dell Wireless 1502 802.11b/g/n Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 64-27-37-47-C5-B1 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter isatap.{38755A3F-1FD3-412B-BAF6-B31862B31968}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter 6TO4 Adapter: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft 6to4 Adapter Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter isatap.{C2A7EC2D-D50E-45DC-84AE-7F7944ACEDE2}: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2 Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0 DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes Also, In cmd prompt I get the error message telling me changes can't be made while media is disconnected. I am now using my old XP system with no problem connecting. Thanks again Hello me again. I am wondering if I have done someting wrong. Im new at posting questions, so if I have done it wrong, I will correct. Not that I expect an answer right away but there have been 51 views and no answer, makes me think ive done somethng wrong. Thanks

Do you use the router? What is your computer model? How about disabling and re-enabling the Local Area Connection? Please download the network adapter driver from Dell and install it manually. Make sure you have configured the computer to obtain IP automatically. Meanwhile, please test the issue in Safe Mode with networking. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-TCP-IP-settingsNiki Han TechNet Community Support