I'm not sure if these questions are to be posted here or in networking.
My laptop has been running slow for a couple of months now. I've been getting checked out in the malware forum and everything seems ok, although some scans did not run properly. You can read the post here:
http://www.geekstogo...nce-with-xp-pc/
We managed to narrow the problem down to the wireless device. I haven't been able to correctly install a new driver for the wireless device. I uninstalled the wireless driver, but after reboot the driver reinstalled itself without me being able to stop it. We installed the Configfree software anyways from the link below but it made the computer even more unresponsive, so I ran a system restore. I could use some help to get a new driver installed to see if that will fix my problem. The update "11-11-2003 Driver Wi-Fi" has the same version #2.4.2.14 as my wireless device, so I'm guessing this is the correct driver for my wireless device. This is a list of relevant toshiba software/drivers for my computer:
http://www.csd.toshi...mily=1073768663
I'm also receiving a number of warnings and errors in the system event viewer and would like to try to correct them. we cleared the dhcp and tpcip, but the warnings started again. My knowledge of networking is minimal and when I read about clients and hosts I have no idea what is being talked about.
Log: 'System' Date/Time: 16/02/2012 8:47:12 AM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 1002 Source: Dhcp
The IP address lease 192.168.1.106 for the Network Card with network address 009096726AB2 has been denied by the DHCP server 192.168.0.1 (The DHCP Server sent a DHCPNACK message).
Log: 'System' Date/Time: 13/02/2012 2:11:29 PM
Type: error Category: 0
Event: 9 Source: atapi
The device, \Device\Ide\IdePort0, did not respond within the timeout period.
Log: 'System' Date/Time: 20/02/2012 12:36:51 PM
Type: warning Category: 0
Event: 1009 Source: Dhcp
A network error occurred when trying to send a message. The error code is: A blocking operation was interrupted by a call to WSACancelBlockingCall. .
Log: 'System' Date/Time: 20/02/2012 12:36:51 PM
Type: warning Category: 0
Event: 1003 Source: Dhcp
Your computer was not able to renew its address from the network (from the DHCP Server) for the Network Card with network address 009096726AB2. The following error occurred: The operation was canceled by the user. . Your computer will continue to try and obtain an address on its own from the network address (DHCP) server.
My other problem has to do with windows updates. I can connect with the update site and download the updates, but they fail to install. Since then, I have been manually downloading and installing them. I had to renew my product key last year and since then I have been unable to properly install my windows updates. I've applied all of the recommended fixes at the Windows site and they still do not help.
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks, Ben