Me too! Same problem, no solution

From: David N (dnewell228_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: 29 Aug 2004 09:01:20 -0700

Hi Lionel- I have the exact same problem as you, immediately after
upgrading to SP2. I can surf the web, send email, etc using my
Comcast cable internet connection and a Belkin NIC card, but the
connection does not show in Network Connections. Not a big deal
except that I have lost my other home networking connections and I
cannot re-establish these without specifying my internet connection-
which is no longer visible so I have nothing to specify in the network
setup wizard!

Oh, and to make this doubly irritating- I tried to remove the NIC card
and reboot, in plans of reinstalling it so the PC would find it- and
all this did was setoff the Windows Activiation thing, so now I have
to reactivate in 3 days.

If I can't solve the NIC card problem I will just restore my system
from a Ghost backup I made just before updating to SP2, to remedy both
the NIC card and the Activation problems. A little added security is
not worth all this headache!

> > Lionel thought carefully and wrote on 8/27/2004 2:56 AM:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have this problem... I have just upgraded my Win XP to SP2 and since
> >> then, my NIC Card is not visible in Device Manager nor Network
> >> Connections folder.... I also cannot connect to the modem... I can only
> >> surf the net.
> >>
> >> Can anyone help me in this pls?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thank you
> >> Lionel

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