Sorry if this isn't really the right place to post this, seemed the closest.
So anyway, I was out during the day and when I came home my router wasn't working. Upon further inspection I found that it is not sending wireless signals at all. We have a older xp computer that's hooked up to the router that seems impossibly slow. I don't really take regular care of it since no one really uses it much, and the good computer is my bedroom (wireless Internet to it). The internet works very slow on the computer but no where else wirelessly ( and the computer is unusually slow). I went to check the running services and there wasn't anything I thought was unordinary or using high memory. But, I decided to boot it into safe mode and run malware bytes as a precaution ( I also have norton 360 2011). No safe boot menu ever shows up, but pressing f8 works. Thing is that it brings me into a longer safe boot menu than I've ever seen ( I will post what it says if requested, when I wake up tomorrow). But it bring me to booting in safe mode, and shows the services loading on screen, taking a lot longer than usual. It then tells me I can cancel a service that I have never seen before (again, will post service in morning). When it goes to the accounts screen, I choose the the account and it automatically reboots the system.
I am completely stumped, apparently no one had used it for the last couple of days. I don't know if the router is a separate issue ( is it possible to get a virus on the router?) any help and ideas are greatly appreciated, and again sorry if this isn't the right forum ( assuming a virus but haven't found anything indicating it)
Extra info: the os is 2005 windows xp media center
- I do not have repair discs for it...
- I am generally uneducated when it comes to repairing the os
- at the moment, I have no wireless Internet but I do have 3G on my phone ( to post here)
Thank you all for all help and ideas
I am somewhat good with computers, but am a beginner when it comes to cmd, bios, and more difficult things.
So anyway, I was out during the day and when I came home my router wasn't working. Upon further inspection I found that it is not sending wireless signals at all. We have a older xp computer that's hooked up to the router that seems impossibly slow. I don't really take regular care of it since no one really uses it much, and the good computer is my bedroom (wireless Internet to it). The internet works very slow on the computer but no where else wirelessly ( and the computer is unusually slow). I went to check the running services and there wasn't anything I thought was unordinary or using high memory. But, I decided to boot it into safe mode and run malware bytes as a precaution ( I also have norton 360 2011). No safe boot menu ever shows up, but pressing f8 works. Thing is that it brings me into a longer safe boot menu than I've ever seen ( I will post what it says if requested, when I wake up tomorrow). But it bring me to booting in safe mode, and shows the services loading on screen, taking a lot longer than usual. It then tells me I can cancel a service that I have never seen before (again, will post service in morning). When it goes to the accounts screen, I choose the the account and it automatically reboots the system.
I am completely stumped, apparently no one had used it for the last couple of days. I don't know if the router is a separate issue ( is it possible to get a virus on the router?) any help and ideas are greatly appreciated, and again sorry if this isn't the right forum ( assuming a virus but haven't found anything indicating it)
Extra info: the os is 2005 windows xp media center
- I do not have repair discs for it...
- I am generally uneducated when it comes to repairing the os
- at the moment, I have no wireless Internet but I do have 3G on my phone ( to post here)
Thank you all for all help and ideas
I am somewhat good with computers, but am a beginner when it comes to cmd, bios, and more difficult things.