[GLLUG] Win XP question

[Clay Dowling]

This really looks like the prime use-case for an Ubuntu install disk, Frank.  Specifically, boot and check network connectivity from there.

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 
>
>
>
>_______________________________________________
>linux-user mailing list
>linux-user at egr.msu.edu
>http://mailman.egr.msu.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-user