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Consumer Products => Avast Free Antivirus / Premium Security (legacy Pro Antivirus, Internet Security, Premier) => Topic started by: Tom Bollah on August 06, 2013, 08:47:33 PM
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Hello the forum,
I posted this thread in the French part of this forum but receive no answer. This is why I post it in the English part.
A few days ago, I played the sorcerer's apprentice in running multiple programs to clean my Win 7 registry.
As consequence, my WIFI connection is becoming inactive.
In the Device Manager, the Network Adapters entry shows:
Avast! Firewall NDIS Filter Miniport (with an orange triangle and a!)
Whose properties display an error message:
Windows cannot start this hardware device Because its configuration information (in the registry) is incomplete or damaged. (Code 19).
I uninstalled Avast free with aswClear and then reinstall them but the wifi connection remains inactive
Should a member of the forum could advise me to repair my silliness.
Thanks in advance for your answers.
Tom
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Right click the Avast! Firewall NDIS Filter Miniport and select delete
Then run a repair on Avast
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Hi Essexboy,
Thanks for your quick answer.
There is no "delete" function with the right click on "Avast! Firewall NDIS Filter Miniport" in the Device Manager. I guess you mean "uninstall"
Would you please clarify what you mean by " run a repair on Avast".
Regards
Tom
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Sure I did mean uninstall :-[
To repair Avast go to Control Panel > Programs and Features
Select Avast and on the left will be a repair option
Select that
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Hi essexboy,
« Avast! Firewall NDIS Filter Miniport" has been uninstalled
Avast free 8 has been repaired
In the Device Manager, no trace of Avast! Firewall NDIS Filter Miniport
4 • Network adapters
Intel(R) 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection
Intel(R) Centrino(R) Advanced-N 6200 AGN
Another suggestion?
Regards,
Tom
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Is the network working ?
Please download MiniToolBox (http://download.bleepingcomputer.com/farbar/MiniToolBox.exe), save it to your desktop and run it.
(https://dl.dropbox.com/u/73555776/minitoolbox.JPG)
Checkmark the following checkboxes:
- Flush DNS
- Report IE Proxy Settings
- Reset IE Proxy Settings
- Report FF Proxy Settings
- Reset FF Proxy Settings
- List content of Hosts
- List IP configuration
- List Winsock Entries
- List last 10 Event Viewer log
- List Installed Programs
- List Devices
- List Users, Partitions and Memory size.
- List Minidump Files
Click Go and post the result (Result.txt). A copy of Result.txt will be saved in the same directory the tool is run.
Note: When using "Reset FF Proxy Settings" option Firefox should be closed.
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Hi essexboy,
Thanks for your answer.
I ran MiniToolBox.
The result is attached.
The hope that it might help to solve the problem.
The number of errors detected is it disturbing?
Regards,
Tom
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That looks good. What connection errors if any do you get ?
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Hi essexboy,
I have no error message.
Simply (!) the switch on the front the computer remains inactive while two weeks ago, the wifi connection was working properly.
Meantime I ran several programs to clean the win7 register. Since then, my wireless connection is disabled.
The sole network adapter with a problem was the Avast! Firewall NDIS Filter Miniport (with an orange triangle and a!) (see first post).
But I don't know if there is a relation.
All ideas or suggestions to solve the problem are welcome.
Regards,
Tom
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OK that is a coincidence, what make is the laptop and I will check out which driver is responsible for that
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Hi,
It's a mobile HP EliteBook 8740w I5 4 processors running Win7 64 bits.
Thanks for your help
Tom
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Could you download and install this latest driver for your system ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp48001-48500/sp48482.exe
Also could you try this check http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01891123&lang=en&cc=us&contentType=SupportFAQ&prodSeriesId=4138087&prodTypeId=321957#WLANOn
Starting here : Turn on device using HP Wireless Assistant
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Hi,
First link: drivers downloaded and installed .
Second link: more disturbing. For Wifi, it says: No Integrated wireless device and the "turn wireless on" button is inactive; the Centrino network adapter is still working properly.
Do you have any other suggestions or would it better that I go to the HP support?
In any case, many thanks for your advices, they reflect your skill.
Regards
Tom
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Hi,
I'm a little ashamed but I found the solution.
As I hesitate to use "hardware" manipulations that I can not understand, I "Googled" in every way and I fell a little by chance:
http://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Wireless-Internet-Home-Networking-e-g-Windows-8/Wireless-disabled-by-wireless-button-message-Resolved/td-p/618821
So I uninstalled the HP Wireless Assistant, restart the pc and my wireless connection is anew operational.
In any case, thank you for answering me.
Tom
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Thanks for letting me know .. That may come in usefull at some stage :)