Re: Connectivity after installing XP SP2

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From: Lance (lltbhill_at_link_earth.net)
Date: 09/11/04 

Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 21:49:18 -0700

Before installing SP2 follow the directions here, do what it says, don't
take shortcuts:

Service Pack 2 Pre-Installation Checklist (Jupiter Jones, MVP):
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/xpsp2.htm

If you have a history of adware/spyware infections, you may also need to
fix a corrupted winsock. Check here to see if your winsock is corrupted,
apply the fix if it is:

Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 811259
How to determine and recover from Winsock2 corruption
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;811259&Product=winxp>

Once you go through all this, then the SP2 install should go easily.

Lance
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Seamus thought carefully and wrote on 9/10/2004 8:23 PM:

> I installed Windows XP SP2, and immediately ran into the
> problem that my computer wouldn't connect to the
> internet. Before the installation, I was running XP
> Professional on a Dell Dimension 4600C, connected to the
> internet through a Linksys WRT54G broadband router.
> Although the router is a wireless router, this particular
> computer is connected by cable. My internet connection
> is a PPPoE connection set up through the router. After
> installing SP2, however, I found an icon in my system
> tray that showed an exclamation mark over a pair of
> monitors. When I clicked the icon, it gave me a window
> that indicated that my LAN connection wasn't working. I
> couldn't figure out what to do to get it working again.
> I clicked on the "Advanced" button and then on
> the "Repair" in hopes that would repair my connection,
> but it didn't. When I tried to access my router settings
> by typing http://192.168.1.1 in the address bar, Internet
> Explorer it told me it couldn't connect there.
>
> I used System Restore to turn the clock back to before I
> installed SP2, and now everything works as well as it did
> before. But what can I do to make SP2 work?

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