My current problem is my wireless connection won't function. History:The 100GB HD in my Toshiba 17" M65 S809 XP laptop failed about three months ago, and I replaced it with a 160GB version. As a result my original recovery disk wouldn't work. Toshiba support told me that there was something special about the HD size, as the recovery s/w "had" to be in a specific location relative to the 100 GB address (my inference). I reloaded a version of Windows XP Premium SP2, and downloaded all the appropriate drivers for my laptop model from the Toshiba website. After this, everything seemed to work OK, except the look of the display seemed "off", and I couldn't get the wireless function to work. In order to load Turbo Tax 2012 and 2013, I was told by TT I had to have XP service pack 3 installed. With some effort ( M/S stopped supporting XP after 4/3/14) I downloaded the disk image of XP SP3 on my W8 laptop, burned it to a CD, and it loaded OK on my Toshiba. I loaded TT2012 and TT2013 successfully, but the wifi still wouldn't function. I called Toshiba support on this and I was told that the problem wasn't a missing or out-of date driver: The "digital signature" had to be restored, and "only Toshiba support" could do it. It would "only" cost $160 or $100 (12 months support or one time support). I thought this was way too expensive for the current value of the laptop, as I can use a wired Ethernet connection. Can someone substantiate this, or recommend a way that I can do the same for free or a lot less?
Thanks, retiredlucky
Thanks, retiredlucky