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Hi,
I have a new Lenovo A60, 9631 (well not new, but it came out of the box) that is running XP. I started it up and everything worked fine. Then I stupidly monkeyed about with the startup, and now everything works fine, but I can't access the internet. I tried a system restore, but that didn't work, I would have reset the BIOS to default, but couldn't figure out how to do that either. Anyone know what I might have deleted from start up that would prohibit me from accessing the web? The control panel shows the local area connection is fine. Thanks for any help!
I have a new Lenovo A60, 9631 (well not new, but it came out of the box) that is running XP. I started it up and everything worked fine. Then I stupidly monkeyed about with the startup, and now everything works fine, but I can't access the internet. I tried a system restore, but that didn't work, I would have reset the BIOS to default, but couldn't figure out how to do that either. Anyone know what I might have deleted from start up that would prohibit me from accessing the web? The control panel shows the local area connection is fine. Thanks for any help!
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and we would know what you removed from startup ,HOW
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Obviously you wouldn't know. I don't remember myself. I already said it was stupid, I know that. My question is mainly is there a way to reset the new computer to it's original settings? I don't remember removing anything that I thought was system related, but I'm assuming that I did since it does not connect. I can't go back in time and say what I did, but if you have any advice on how to reset it to factory specs, I would appreciate it.
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Originally Posted by Iggystooge 
Obviously you wouldn't know. .
anyway, try a system restore first to see if you can get back to the first day you turned it on,before you removed things from startup ,did you use RUN/ msconfig to disable startup items.
How to use system restore ,go to start,allprograms ,accessories /system tools /system restore ,and set it to go back,maybe as far as you can or just back to the day before you removed the items .
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Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
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Thanks for trying to help me out. I did try a system restore, but it would not allow it. Perhaps because I only have had the computer one day. I used CCleaner to disable the startup item. I was planning on disabling the antivirus that came with it to use a different program, that's how I probably did it. As I mentioned, I wanted to reset the BIOS, but that doesn't seem to be an option with this kind of computer. Any other ideas, or should I just contact Lenovo? Thanks again for taking the time to answer.
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Iggystooge;543688 I used CCleaner to disable the startup item..
anyway there must be a key to hit on startup to run the bios and one to run a winxp restore ,maybe f2 or f10 or f11, it usually shows on the screen on boot up ,if all you have is a lenovo flash screen, try hitting the tab key quickly and remove fllash screen
Last edited by caperjack; Feb 23rd, 2008 at 8:32 pm.
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Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
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in network connection are you connecting wireless or wired. are there any connections showing up in network connection?
Thanks to all of you for offering to help. I will be happy to send $20 to anyone who can help me with the problem, I'm just very annoyed with myself. I can't restore the system, it won't allow me to do so. It goes through the process and then after it reboots, it just says "Your computer cannot be restored", which I assume is because I have only had the computer for two days. I got into the BIOS, but can't find any kind of BIOS default reset option. I am working with a desktop wired system, not a wireless. Thanks again for your interests in my problem!
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Originally Posted by Iggystooge
Thanks to all of you for offering to help. I will be happy to send $20 to anyone who can help me with the problem, I'm just very annoyed with myself. I can't restore the system, it won't allow me to do so. It goes through the process and then after it reboots, it just says "Your computer cannot be restored", which I assume is because I have only had the computer for two days. I got into the BIOS, but can't find any kind of BIOS default reset option. I am working with a desktop wired system, not a wireless. Thanks again for your interests in my problem!
iggy
so f2, f10 or f14 didn't help in finding a system recovery ,and as asked above did you not get a recovery cd with the computer
Last edited by caperjack; Feb 24th, 2008 at 7:24 am.
Linux boot cd http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu Linux installer for Windows .
http://wubi-installer.org/
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