Cant connect to Internet after SP2 upgrade

edfromnj

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I got a windows update bubble to upgrade to SP2 last night, I downloaded and installed the update. Upon restart I received a Black screen. I could only interface with the machine at this point by toggling 120v power interface. AFter waiting a few minutes, i turned the machine back on. Restart then "completing sp2 ugrade", then an automatic restart that did not result in a blackscreen. At this point, watching the performance monitor on my sidebar, my processor was doing its impersonation of a pacific rim seismograph and I could not longer connect to the internet. The services apparently were not running. Trying to repair, reconfigure, etc resulted in a pop up saying either, "Service is not running" or when trying to get a service running, "error 5/ not authorized" to start services.

Currently I have backed up my pictures and music and am reiinstalling vista from my oem disk.

now if the problem persists, does someone have a fix? or am I doomed to pay dell for them to tell me what I have to buy from them?

Please help,

Ed

Ps. I only know enough about computers to be dangerous. It may be funny to some of you IT guys, but I could really use some help here.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    dell
    CPU
    1.8 core 2 duo 6300 conroe burn2 2M
    Motherboard
    dell
    Memory
    1gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI X1300 256mb Dell OEM
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Display,Flat Panel Display,19 1907FPC
    Hard Drives
    Hard Drive,250G,S2,7.2K,3.5 WD-HAWK Dell OEM
    Internet Speed
    2meg DSL
edfromnj,

Welcome to the forum.
Please let us know if the problem comes back after reinstalling. I am sure we will find a solution all together.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    Dell XPS720
    CPU
    Intel Quad Q6600 2.40GHz
    Motherboard
    Dell 0YU822, NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI SPP / SLI MCP
    Memory
    4GB DDR2 800MHz
    Graphics Card(s)
    Gainward GeForce GTX 560 Ti, 1024 MB GDDR5
    Sound Card
    Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 2407WFP-HC
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    NVIDIA 640GB SATA Raid 0 (2x320GB) (7200 rpm) for Vista,
    Intel X25-M G2 160 GB for W7,
    Maxtor OT III External HDD,
    WD Elements 1 TB External HDD
    Internet Speed
    100/20
    Other Info
    M779 PCIe PAL/SECAM/DVB-T Desktop TV Tuner. Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller.
Ok, im back on the internet, but a reinstallation has caused a host of other issues. IE seems to be spotty while chrome runs flawlessly. windows wants to install 89 updates. After the updates install I will post back again and see if I encounter more bugs.
 

My Computer

System One

  • Manufacturer/Model
    dell
    CPU
    1.8 core 2 duo 6300 conroe burn2 2M
    Motherboard
    dell
    Memory
    1gb
    Graphics Card(s)
    ATI X1300 256mb Dell OEM
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Display,Flat Panel Display,19 1907FPC
    Hard Drives
    Hard Drive,250G,S2,7.2K,3.5 WD-HAWK Dell OEM
    Internet Speed
    2meg DSL
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