We have just reinstalled windows on a toshiba satellite t2050 laptop and the drivers for the network adaptors were not installed...we cannot connect to the internet...any suggestions?

reinstall wlan driver for your operating system

Have you installed the driver for the router that you are using or using the inbuilt windows program to search for your wireless network?

If windows, are you searching all channels or is it set to only find unsecure networks whilst i assume yours is secure?

Did you reinstall from the Toshiba-supplied "System Recovery" CD-ROM, or from some other "retail" Windows XP CD-ROM ?

The Toshiba CD-ROM contains the device-driver.
Toshiba's web-site also contains the device-driver,
for use in a situation like yours.

Within Device Manager, look at the "Unknown Devices" branch.
Expand that branch, then double-click on the '?' device,
and choose "reinstall driver", and allow Windows to connect,
via Ethernet cable connected to a router, or to a cable-modem, or to an ADSL-modem, to the Internet to find and download the correct driver.

You will find the driver is corrupted download the network driver and reinstall is first choice.
You may delete the driver in system properties and hardware then let windows reinstall the network driver.
Yes you may also install the USB network adaptor.
If the wireless device inside the laptop is Intel download from the Intel website.
Remove the plate from the bottom of laptop to obtain the brand and model.
Hope this helps you.
PS. system defragment should be done once a week

Check your device manager. Are all the drivers properly loaded?

install drivers for it. download drivers from toshiba.com in their "download files" section
then find your models number..oh whilst you're there get some audio, video and bluetooth drivers on your way too.

Hi, goes to the following link: http: // www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp * there find all the available driver for your equipment.

You can check the BIOS to see if the drive is recognized and even attempt to boot from the drive using a bootable CD to verify it is functional (if using the Windows disc - just verify it reads - DO NOT REINSTALL)

If the drive works use the following to get the drive back in Windows:

Always backup your registry before editing and use care to find exact key!
Start Registry Editor (Start, Run and type in regedit then click)

Find "UpperFilters" and "LowerFilters" (and "UpperFilters.bak" "LowerFilters.bak", if they exist) value under the following key in the registry, and delete it:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}

Quit Registry Editor.

Reboot.

NOTE: You might need to reinstall any CD recording apps you have, if they start to not work completely, after doing this.

Yes you can downgrade it to windows xp. go to toshiba website www.toshiba.com and from there you can download the drivers for Windows XP. befor installing Windows XP please download the Network driver and save it on a CD or any other driver. Then install Windows XP. Install the network drivers, connect to the internet and install the other drivers required.

Thanks

You cannot uninstall Windows Vista, but you can reinstall your previous operating system, which then replaces Windows Vista. To reinstall your old operating system, you must have the original installation disc. Back up your programs and files, insert the installation disc into your computer, and then reinstall the old operating system. To regain the hard disk space used by Windows Vista, reformat the disk during the reinstallation process. After reinstalling your previous operating system, reinstall your programs and files.