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I've looked all over the net, and I am considering Geek Squad, but I'm a little hesitant shelling out $80. I got a preowned Vista Gateway PC from my uncle, who said he decommissioned it. I don't have a clue what he did, but apparently I am now missing my networking driver.. at first I couldn't connect to the Internet. It kept saying there was no networking hardware or adapter detected or installed. I looked in my device manager, and there's no network anything in there... I also discovered this morning that I cannot delete anything. Once it begins the process of sending the file(s) to the recycle bin, it goes nowhere; the transfer speed remains at 0 kbps/sec and never changes.

I'm a college student, and my dorm room has a, Internet wall connection so I don't need a modem. The ethernet cable works fine, I was using a really old Mac before and I got on Internet without a snag. My roommate uses a Vista laptop that he connects to the internt with an ethernet cable and he has no trouble. Do you suppose my uncle deleted something really important? If so, how do I get it back?

I can't delete anything and I can't use the Internet, both problems I need to resolve in a hurry.

Hello and weclome to PCHelpForum.

I would firstly sugest a system restore to before this error or problem occured.

Please post back if this issue is not resolved and our great Tech Team will help you out.

Hey Bullfrog,

My welcome to PCHF as well.

Have you loaded any of your own software onto the PC yet?

I think this one would be better with a full reinstall, as you don't want to parially fix it, and then have to redo everything later, because you missed something. A fresh install is always the best bet for a second hand PC. Did you recieve all of the original disks with the PC as well?

Looking forward to your reply,

TTFN

LGW