Help with DELL VOSTRO!

euglycaemia

Dear Experts

I have Dell Vostro 1510 [OS Windows XP] which came with option of upgrading to Windows Vista...

I have a problem with Network connection and been told by internet providers that it is a problem with Laptop itself.......I agree this I was able to get connection with my other laptop.

The problem is, I want to rebbot the system but cant do it!

Any easy way of rebooting this, or am I missing something?

Much appreciate your help and advice

penrhyn

You mean you are unable to do a Restart?

euglycaemia

penrhyn wrote: »

You mean you are unable to do a Restart?

No, I want to rebbot the whole system and hoping that would sort the internet connection.

mayjma

in the world of helpdesk support a reboot means ' a shutdown and restart ' of the pc/laptop

Are you able to explain more what the exact problem is with your ' internet connection ' ?

greennigel

Is it a wi-fi connection and is the green wi-fi button lit?

Airwolf1

I wonder if the OP means retoring the machine to as it was on delivery?

madnlooney

Airwolf1 wrote: »

I wonder if the OP means retoring the machine to as it was on delivery?

it looks this way as i couldnt of thought they have left it on all this time.

if this is right then i think the laptop should be supplyed with a restore cd

penrhyn

The Dell quick start programme on my Latitude 610 disables the ethernet port when the machine is running on battery power.
Maybe OP wants to do a reinstall of the operating system.
You could try going start, show all connections, right click on the High Speed Internet/LAN icon and enabling the interface.