maybe you just typed it wrong in the forum but try
"ping www.yahoo.com" or "ping 216.109.118.73"


Otherwise what seems to be your actual problem.

i also have a linksys wireless router at my school that i can log into,

Not sure if this is even possible, but i thought i would give it a try.
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Hopefully you guys are still with me. i opened up my wireless icon and seen that there was a diagnostics tab with a built in test. i ran the test when i first booted up my computer and everything...

i have read that this may solve the problem.

create a .txt file on a floppy with this line in it.

COPY "C:\WINNT\$NtUninstallKB835732$\kernel32.dll" "c:\winnt\system32\kernel32.dll"

use the...

that is funny that you mentioned that because i was just wandering if there was such a thing earlier today. i thought i would be the inventor of one and never have to work a day in my life.haha...

i have actually put vhs tapes (all they are good for anymore, haha) under the edges of the feet for a temorary solution and my laptop has been working beautifuly!! i have restarted it about 5 times...

i might have been exaggerating when i said i was beating on it. ha ha. it seemed like it would just get stuck in standby adn i had to do more than just tap any key to wake it up. I will defintely...

Hopefully you can help
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