Last night (Dec. 31) my battery on my laptop wasn't charging, and it was on low, so the computer hibernated. When I turned it back on, the Internet WOULD not CONNECT no matter what I tried to do.

Since then, I have CONTACTED my ISP and the laptop maker (no clue), rebooted my computer about 10 times, tried system restore about 15 times, tried manually adding a new wireless connection, tried the FN + F2 key (turned it off then on), tried unplugging the eternet box, tried a cmd prompt (ipconfig/release,renew,etc.)..absolutely nothing. Everything I do has absolutely no effect. I'm starting to think I should just reformat my laptop as I need it fixed for classes that are going to start up.  The ONLY thing I got to work is that it "ESTABLISHED" a connection to my wireless network, but when I click the little computer icon and the "Support" tab on the wireless, it shows absolutely nothng for address type, ip address, subnet mask, and default gateway. There's just blanks.

Can anyone PLEASE help me? Specs. are below..

Running Windows XP
Laptop - Asus A3H
Speedstream Ethernet (I believe 5200)
Sympatico ISP

We have 3 laptops in the house (including mine) and a desktop - the other two laptops and desktop work fine.

I know the PROBLEM originated from when my laptop hibernated because of low battery power if that helps any.  Normally I just system restore, but my system won't do a restore.

Thanks.