Re: easy MS networking question for you gurus out there...
From: Richard G. Harper (rgharper_at_email.com)
Date: 08/30/04
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Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 19:41:18 -0400
The choice of "packets" or "bytes" is made by the network card driver, not
Windows. What the card reports, Windows echoes. You'd need a card or a
driver that reports bytes instead of packets to get the old display back.
-- Richard G. Harper [MVP Win9x] rgharper@email.com * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups * for the benefit of all. Private mail is usually not replied to. * HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "ask me" <elgen911@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:03a001c48ee0$f718e980$a401280a@phx.gbl... > ok the simple question is, i use XP professional at work > here, and after a full format and re-install on new > hardware, when i click on local area network status icon > i get traffic reported in "packets", not "bytes" as i am > used to and prefer. this is as i say after a re-install > of the SAME copy of windows xp professional, just on a > new motherboard, cpu and such...the new mother board > supports an ethernet connection, so i dont use my old > ethernet card anymore, could it be a default aspect of > that? can i change this back to reporting traffic > in "bytes"? > > i have tried googling this problem with no luck... > > thanks in advance for any advice you can give >
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