Re: XP Pro install broke my PC

Tech-Archive recommends: Repair Windows Errors & Optimize Windows Performance

Go to Control Panel - System.. remove/uninstall the features that have
errors.. close out and reboot the machine.. Windows should re-install them
correctly, assuming that the motherboard is in good shape.. if you have a CD
which includes motherboard drivers, try that too..

Re-installing Windows at this point is just a little over the top..

--
Mike Hall
MVP - Windows Shell/User


"Loboexe" <Loboexe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:75836D68-2079-459B-9BCA-E616FA0AE41B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have just installed a copy of XP pro on my main PC at home and it is now
> broken and I can not get onto the internet.
>
> I am not a novice but this has me stumped.
>
> The install went all OK but the ethernet point on the motherboard stopped
> working, no problem I though and installed a PCI card. This reports its
> self
> to be working OK but refuses to connect to my broardband router. I have
> manually put in all he details of my connection, I have run the wizards, I
> have tried to set it all to auto select. Nothing works.
>
> BTW when I ping 127.0.0.1 it responds so TCPIP is running.
>
> The only other thing that seems to be wrong is in the device manager one
> of
> the system resources is also failing : NVIDIA nForce PCI System
> Management,
> there are no drivers loaded for this and if you look at the details it
> lists
> about 4 items
>
> I have considered formatting the hard drive (I have a backup of all my
> files
> etc) and starting again but am unclear on how Microsoft would view this as
> I
> have only just installed, activated and registered it, and like an idiot I
> lost the bit of paper I wrote the activation code down on before I copied
> it
> in to my little text file where I keep all this sort of stuff.
>
> Any help would be great !


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