Problem with wireless adapter or access point

I dont have any other wireless peripheral on my laptop..I did however download the latest drivers on my drivers update program and an error message popped up and i closed it before i could read it by accident but then it said it was successfully updated???? I tried plugging in an ethernet cable and that worked only a few times and now its a hit or miss...im on my home computer now with my laptop beside me and sometimes my laptop will pick up the signal and the internet will work. Ive tried many things and nothing is helping...the only thing i havent tried was an external antenna and updating my router (cuz i cant get online to do it)

Sorry I was away...it is worse now..nothing worked..I went into a system recovery a 2nd time and I went back a week from when the problem began and my computer shut down on me...I noticed there was a windows update that date and figured that was the problem but it screwed up my laptop...I keep getting a loop..I get a prompt saying do I want to launch a start up recovery or start windows normally and no matter what i choose it takes me back to these same commands..like a loop. So I made a recovery disk for windows 7 on my desktop computer and I went into bios on my laptop and changed my start up to read my disc drive first...becasue I can press f8 or f12 to go to other prompt screens....but my problem is I have photos I dont want wiped out while I reinstall windows 7. I ran a scan or pre boot system assessment and my hard drive is fine..so I went form bad to worse here..thank you scout for your time

I dont know how to hook up an external drive...never done it before..if you can explain to me in detail what you mean that would be great..i know where my hard drive is in my laptop though..and if my laptop has a recovery it didnt come with a cd its in the laptop itself...my laptop is a dell inspiron 1750

Ok..if I use another computer and use my laptop drive as a second drive..do I need any cables for that or any kind of hook up..I dont have a usb external drive case but Im sure i can get one..just dont know how to do the first thing you mentioned as using my laptop as a second drive

ok..i got a imicro 2.5 sata and ide to usb 2.0 kit..I plugged it to my laptop hard drive and is now plugged into my working desktop computer..now..i cant find my photos..i see all kinds of other files and I have no clue where i would find my pics..any suggestions on where they may be..and they were on my laptop before the crash

I found my pics..it was under users and i had to get permission to open it...so i will transfer those and will try to find my laptop restore program for windows 7 and will get back to you if I have any issues..thank you so much for help this far

ok..I got all my data off my hard drive...now..I dont have a windows 7 disk..im not sure if it even came with one...so im assuming i have a restore in my laptop that i have to get too...now..how do i do that if i cant log into my desktop?? or select anything in the f8 tab??? i get the blue screen of death and then it takes me to that windows error recovery screen and those 2 selections dont work either(launch start up repair or start windows normally)...UPDATE:
I just found my disk and now my desktop is up and running...but my internet connection still isnt working and my router is working..so now im back to square one...how can i get my internet running again..i trouble shoot it and it tells me PROBLEM WITH WIRELESS ADAPTER OR ACCESS POINT.. can u help me with this please and thank you

I checked for updates on my laptop once i got it running and there werent any..unless i have to specifically find a wireless adapter update because before my computer went down..i seen i needed updates for my wifi and now they arent there and i still dont have internet?? and i dont understand the mac address..how do i go about checking that

this is what I got :
Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Jessica-PC
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Wireless LAN adapter Wireless Network Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-24-D6-0B-4F-80
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-25-64-6C-99-73
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::cd4:d493:3ae3:a383%10(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.16(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Monday, September 09, 2013 11:36:21 AM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Tuesday, September 10, 2013 11:36:20 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 234890596
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-12-97-1D-8F-00-25-64-6C-99-73
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.{CC346A85-A83B-4ECA-8D3F-0F5EEEC721B3}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{2FA76B3A-D175-42E0-A2E8-7AAEDAC3524E}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Local Area Connection* 18:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
IPv6 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 2001:0:5ef5:79fd:2ce9:c43:b8c2:7369(Preferred)
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::2ce9:c43:b8c2:7369%31(Preferred)
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : ::
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

ok..thank you..i will give it a shot

ok so what am i looking to do on these links exactly

im sorry the first link ..im not sure what im to do on it..and the second I believe i picked the right one to download and nothing..though i did uninstall my mcafee which didnt do anything...then i disabled my windows firewall..didnt know it was on...and that helped some..now its a hit or miss connection

in my windows mobility center it shows my wireless network on and not connected...so I turned it off and back on and nothing