[GLLUG] Win XP question

[Karl Schuttler]

Karl's Miniguide to XP connectivity:

Goto Control Panel>Network Connections (available through the Classic View)
Disable all adapters except the one you need (your LAN adapter. Right click
menu to disable them)
Double click the lan adapter to bring up properties, or right click and go
to properties.
Double click IPv4 TCP/IP

If you're using DHCP, which you probably are, Ensure that "Obtain an IP
address Automatically" is selected. Additionally, unless you have a
different DNS server, ensure that "Obtain DNS server address automatically"
is also selected.

Click okay, close the properties dialog, go back to the network connections
window. Disable the LAN and then Re-enable it (will force it to fetch an
IP).

Let us know if this doesn't work.
Karl

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:48 AM, Karl Schuttler
<karl.schuttler at gmail.com>wrote:

> Frank,
>
> If you're not at work, go ahead and give me a call and we can walk through
> it. If not, let me know and I'll type it out for you.
>
> Karl
> 517.862.3826
>
> On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 10:41 AM, <frank.dolinar at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> Good morning everyone,
>>     I've apparently done something less than optimally intelligent to my
>> home office computer over the weekend and now can't get access to the
>> internet under WinXP
>>     I don't remember the exact message.
>>     It appears that it doesn't believe that I have any access to the LAN
>> or beyond.
>>     I immediately tried to access the internet from my Mac, and did so
>> with no problems.  So my LAN is working just fine.
>>     Windows, however, is being anti-social.
>>     And the basic troubleshooting items that I'm finding on the web to fix
>> the network / LAN / TCP/IP, while easy to follow through (e.g. Control Panel
>> -> Networks -> Connection -> Properties), don't actually appear to make any
>> difference.
>>
>>     As usual, any help will be much appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Frank
>>  <frank.dolinar at comcast.net>
>>
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