Laptop Vista issues

[nowayhose]

HP Pavillion DV9000
Windows Vista Home Premium 32-bit

Problem/Issue -
Althought I can still connect to the internet using my wireless router, I have the two small computer icons at the bottom of the screen with a red X through them. Upon hovering my mouse over those computer, it says in faded letters "Connection status: unknown" and under that says "Server execution failed". This has been going on for roughly 4 days.

I didn't have any restore points to try and to a system restore.

AVG Anti-Virus turns out User32.dll, Shell32.dll, and ntoskml.dll all with result/infection as "change". I had a trojan that I removed as well.

I have an HP recovery partition but do not know how to use it. I never recieved a Vista cd to reformat.

Also, the sound on my computer does not work, and video is very slow. With no process's running, I pop in any DVD - I open up using any player, and not only does no sound come out (nothing is on mute or low), but the video also is shuttery. About every 2 seconds it stops, then starts, like it's getting stuck.

I was sitting on the john about 5 days ago and my computer randomly just made the loudest beeping noise. I couldnt turn it off and tryed to take the battery out etc. etc. and finally it turned off.

Can anyone recommend any steps to make everything run smoother again? Thanks so much!

 

[ian88]

The red X icons should not be a problem. I have those on the bottom of my taskbar too, and I am on a wireless network. Those icons just mean that your machine is noticing that there is not an ethernet cable plugged into the back of your machine. As long as you are still getting internet access through your wireless, you are fine.
New laptops do not come with reinstall discs like older ones did. That partition, the recovery partition, is how you make your own recovery disc. If you have a DVD burner, which you should with a newer computer, burn those files to a DVD or two. Or you can do what I did and call HP and ask them for a reinstall disc, and they can send you one for 15 bucks. Sound was a problem for me when I had Vista, but I have since gone back to XP. If you have buttons on the top of your keyboard that let you control your sound, don't use them. Go to the bottom of your taskbar and mute and un-mute your sound from there. If that doesn't work, restart your computer and your sound should come back on. If that still doesn't work, make sure you have the right audio drivers installed. Also, make sure you have a DVD decoder installed, which you should with a newer machine like yours. See if you can find out what kind of video card you have to- I don't think that would have anything to do with how your DVD's are playing (or not playing for that matter), but it is worth looking into. Not sure what happened with the loud beeping sound. never heard of that before, and if taking your battery out didn't work either, I have no clue about that. Let us know if there is anything else that we can help you with.