Re: NIC Card not showing.

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"Milk-Chan" <MilkChan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Good MOrning! I'll try to make this as concise as I can. I just recently
> restored my PC to Factory State. It was running XP Home SP2 just fine
> until
> what seemed to be a registry issue made it impossible to boot. After
> reupdating to SP2 I noticed I couldnt not connect to the internet. It
> appears..my LAN network adapter is being used to connect. I can't locate
> my
> NIC in device manager as well. I'm getting this message in event viewer:
>
> Security -Failure Audit
> IPSec Services failed to get the complete list of network interfaces on
> the
> machine......Please run IPSec monitor snap-in to further diagnose the
> problem.
> Details
> Product: Windows Operating System
> ID: 615
> Source: Security
> Version: 5.0
> Component: Security Event Log
> Symbolic Name: SE_AUDITID_IPSEC_POLICY_CHANGED
> Message: IPSec policy agent changed: %1
> PolicySource: %2
>
> Also noticed this error:
>
> System -Warning
> Your computer has automatically configured the IP address for Network Card
> with network address 0040CA6E.... The IP address being used is 169.....
>
> Without being a networking genius, I thought it could(?) be related. Also,
> we thought I may need to open the tower, and locate and reinsert the NIC.
> It
> came preinstalled on this PC.
>
> Any ideas suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance for all help and info!
> --
> My PC & Me = Tranquility...
> Until the Power Goes Out


There's something wrong with the hardware enumeration.
Since it doesn't appear in device manager, it's hard to un-install it to
force re-detection.

However, since it seems to be present as a ghost, then this is what I'd try:
Device Manager Does Not Display Devices That Are Not
Connected to the Windows XP-Based Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/d­efault.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;3155­39


You might be able to use this article to force Device Manager to show the
devices if they have become apparently nonpresent for some strange reason.


If they show up in device manager now, you should delete them and re-boot.

Allow windows to re-detect the card and re-install it.



--
Best Regards
Ron Lowe
MVP - Windows Networking


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