HELP!!! my wireless just stoped working out of no where and i dont know how to fix it

i know my wireless will turn on but it wont pick up any networks. this might sound silly but ive gone to an IHOP my friends house and Panera Bread(sorry about spelling) all of which have wireless but my laptop wont pick any of them up

You are not providing enough information or answering the questions I have asked.  I can't help you if you won't provide the information.  Sorry.

 

Steve

It's awfully difficult to help with knowing which model computer you have and which make and model wireless network adapter you have.   Still, are you sure the wireless radio is turned on?   The Fn F2 key combination toggles the wireless radio on and off.   Does your wirlees adapter show up in Device Manager?  Does a wireless connection show up in Network Connections?  If so, if you right click on the wireless connection does it show that it is enabled?

 

Steve

everything is turned on and working i have an inspiron b130  it just wont pick up any networks even though there are plenty

This is frustrating.  If you don't answer my specific questions, I cannot know for sure what is going on.  Exactly how do you know that your wireless radio is turned on?   

 

Let's try some others.  Which utility are you using to manage your wireless connections - Windows or the Utility that came with the apparently unknown model of your network adapter (the Dell Wireless utility or the Intel ProSet Utility)?

 

See if you can do the following to help troubleshoot the problem - on the B130,  go to Start > Run and type cmd then click OK. In the command prompt window that opens, type ipconfig /all then hit the enter key. Write down the output from this command or select it and save it to a txt file, then copy this output into a reply to this message.

 

 

Steve