[GLLUG] WinXP Question (redux)

STeve Andre' andres at msu.edu
Wed Sep 1 21:24:00 EDT 2010


  On 09/01/10 20:54, frank.dolinar at comcast.net wrote:
> Hi, everyone,
>     Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions.
>     I wish I could say that something had worked.  Nothing has.
>
>     Here's what I know for the second round:
> 1) I'm using DHCP for all but one of the systems in my house, the 
> exception being the server.  After a number of conversations with 
> various GLLUG members, I decided that system should have its own 
> static IP.
> 2) "ipconfig /all" returns nothing.  It's as if there is no network 
> capability in the computer.  Works just fine under Ubuntu (dual boot 
> Ubuntu 10.04 & WinXP Pro SP2).  [Why am I not surprised?]
> 3) I did not (intentionally) disable my network interface under 
> WinXP.  If there's a way to check that that I haven't already tried, 
> I'm interested in knowing.
> 4) Karl, I worked through the notes you provided.  No joy.
> 5) Steve, there isn't a separate ethernet card in the box, the NIC is 
> integral to the mainboard (MSI K8N Neo4)
> 6) ping 127.0.0.1  works just fine.  Nothing else does.
> 7) Network cable on my Mac is separate from the network cable on my 
> Ubuntu/WinXP system.  Cable isn't the issue, nor is the NIC.
> 8) Stan's idea of a large rubber mallet (to be used as an attention 
> getting device) has some appeal.
> 9) The workgroup name probably doesn't make any difference that I can 
> tell.  The default "MSHOME" doesn't work, nor do any of the other 
> suspects I'm likely to use.   In addition, this WinXP is the only 
> Microsoft operating system currently active in the house.
> 10) I don't have either Symantec nor McAfee AV installed.  I use AVG 9.
>
>     That's about it for now.   WinXP refuses to see a network 
> connection, whereas Ubuntu, using the same physical connection has no 
> problem.  Indeed, I'm sending this note from the Ubuntu side of that 
> computer.
>
>     Any further comments, suggestions, Bronx Cheers...  will be 
> received in the spirit they are offered.
>
> Thanks everyone.
>
> Frank

Frank, did you rip the ethernet card out of the device manager list, 
reboot and watch it get installed again?

--STeve Andre'

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