I just bought this new laptop from Best Buy to replace a dying HP L2005CU. My college doesn't have reliable wireless in our dorms, so we are stuck with using Ethernet cords. I assumed that unplugging the cord from the L2005CU and putting it in the dv7-1135nr would be enough, but it acts like nothing is plugged in at all. I admit that I don't know much about computers but I was able to set up the old laptop 3 years ago with no problem and I thought my intelligence for computers/technology had gone up since then. I've gone through everything about setting up the internet on the laptop and in the included manuals and nothing seems to work. Am I missing some important step, or do I need a new type of cord for this new laptop? Does this have anything to do with the transition to Vista? I'm completely lost and entirely frustrated.
Thanks in advance! I really appreciate any and all help.

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