[GLLUG] WinXP Question (redux)

[Karl Schuttler]

More verbose instruction on what he's saying are to:

go into Control Panel>System>Device Manager
Expand Network Adapters by clicking the [+]
Find your LAN adapter there. You can figure out what the name of it is by
cross referencing it's name with the properties dialog under control panel.

To cross reference:
Control Panel>Network connections>Right click LAN
adapter>properties>whatever is in the "Connect using" box.

Then right click the device in the device manager, and press delete on your
keyboard.

Reboot.

I can't vouch for this method, as I've never done it myself, but Steve is a
self proclaimed windows guru.


On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 9:24 PM, STeve Andre' <andres at msu.edu> wrote:

>  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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