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Big problem with Advent laptop

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  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,897 Forumite
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    wannabe_moneysaver wrote: »
    There is nothing showing in this device manager box :(

    at all ???
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • wannabe_moneysaver
    wannabe_moneysaver Posts: 279 Forumite
    GunJack wrote: »
    at all ???

    nothing :(
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,897 Forumite
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    as closed suggested, are you in safe mode ?? Can you reboot the pc, and if so does windows find and install the missing hardware ???
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • wannabe_moneysaver
    wannabe_moneysaver Posts: 279 Forumite
    closed wrote: »
    Can you remember what you removed?

    what drivers are missing from device manager?

    Are you in safe mode?

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2436849

    Hi, it was just programmes that I don't use, TomTom, old work thing, photos...or so I thought, obviously not though. I didn't get any warning box appear and I left everything that said Microsoft alone.

    Sorry, I don't know if I'm in safe mode :o Thanks for the thread link, shoulda followed that before I started deleting :(

    Thanks for your help.
  • wannabe_moneysaver
    wannabe_moneysaver Posts: 279 Forumite
    edited 8 October 2011 at 8:29PM
    GunJack wrote: »
    as closed suggested, are you in safe mode ?? Can you reboot the pc, and if so does windows find and install the missing hardware ???

    I will do this now. I just restart it?

    Actually now that I think about it, after I went on my deleting frenzy, it was working great. It was really fast, internet working fine, really fast in fact, I was feeling rather pleased with myself! It was only when I switched it off, then started up again maybe 20 mins later that I realised there were problems. I didn't delete/move anything between the time it was working and then it starting up again. Restarting it obviously kicked in something though..
  • waddler_8
    waddler_8 Posts: 3,588 Forumite
    Today I decided that it was time to take action so I ran the disk cleanup and defragmenter and removed some unknown/unused programmes.

    General rule of thumb for future reference - If you don't know what it is, or what it does, don't remove it! ;)
  • wannabe_moneysaver
    wannabe_moneysaver Posts: 279 Forumite
    waddler_8 wrote: »
    General rule of thumb for future reference - If you don't know what it is, or what it does, don't remove it! ;)

    Yip, lesson learned ;) !
  • GunJack
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    yes, start > shut down > Restart :)
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • GunJack
    GunJack Posts: 11,897 Forumite
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    just a thought, you haven't switched the wifi switch off have you ??? right-side button of the row of 5 above the keyboard ??
    ......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......

    I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple :D
  • wannabe_moneysaver
    wannabe_moneysaver Posts: 279 Forumite
    GunJack wrote: »
    yes, start > shut down > Restart :)

    everything is just as it was before restarting. Nothing in device manager.

    Oh well, thanks anyway people, I appreciate your time.
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