Wireless stopped working on laptop

[Faust]

The wireless network became messed up on my mothers laptop, I couldn't figure it out, maybe you can...

So, when we open up the list of available wireless networks, they appear, ours appear (Automatic)

I press connect, the bar shows up that it's loading, but the loading is endless... I mean, it doesn't finish loading.
If I plug in the internet through the cable, the internet works.

When I open network connections, and right click and press Repair, it also stops...

When I try to run msn messenger, and fails to connect, and gives a troubleshoot tool, it stops at the first line (IP)...

I have no idea what to do... help please, thanks.

 

[Slapshot136]

is there anything else that is wireless that you can use to test? I know for a fact that if the computer's MAC is banned by the router, it would give those symptoms

 

[Faust]

Oh yes I forgot to mention, other laptops work fine with the wireless... the "broken" laptop's TCP/IP things are all dynamic...

 

[13lade619]

maybe your mom messed with the laptop's wireless.

well i kinda did that today with my laptop.
reconfigured some settings of my laptop's receiver, i couldnt connect to my home network half the day.

fixed by resetting my settings to all default.

 

[Faust]

It wasn't my mom, it was my sister's boyfriend, but it is not relevant... we both tried to fix it but its still dead..

Where do I "reset settings to default"?

 

[13lade619]

kinda difficult to describe..

go to Network Connections
right click on your Wireless Network Connection and go to Properties.
you should see the Connect Using box and then click the Configure button to the right of it.

check the settings and make sure they're at default.

 

[Slapshot136]

another option would be to "import wireless settings" from another computer via flash drive or the like