Re: Network connections gone

The problem is solved. I suspected worm or virus influence so I fully scanned
my computer with many softwares, and one came up. After cleaning it, I used
the windows XP CD to repair the instalation (to fix what the worm had done)
and that was it, solved.

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

> In article <E595B87B-68CC-4DF7-9DC3-EE7946228DAD@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> "Leon" <Leon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >I have a 3 computer network trough a D-link router. The network connections
> >on the host computer just dissapeared. Hardware is fine, you can view all
> >computers, workgroups and share files but the internet connection on the
> >client computers is not working. Internet connection on the host is fine. The
> >network connection wizard does not work also, the icon is there but nothing
> >happens when you click it (only this wizard, the others work fine). There is
> >an error message when trying to open the network connections folder (roughly
> >translated from spanish) "the network connections folder could not retrieve
> >the network adapter list on your machine. Make sure the network connection
> >service is up and running"
> >Also, in the Computer Management window, in network connection properties
> >the service status is stopped. If you press start there is an error message
> >like: "Cannot start network connections services. Error 999: Error executing
> >indexing operation".
> >I have not made any changes, software installations etc... the host machine
> >is almost not used at all. Host uses Windows XP pro SP2 and client Win Xp
> >Home SP2
>
> One possible solution is to use System Restore to go back to a time
> before the problem occurred.
>
> Are there any relevant messages in Event Viewer? To run it, click
> Start | Control Panel | Performance and Maintenance | Administrative
> Tools | Event Viewer. For more information, see:
>
> HOW TO: View and Manage Event Logs in Event Viewer in Windows XP
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=308427
> --
> Best Wishes,
> Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
>
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> for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer questions
> addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
>
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