Re: Selling my soul to the devil is the next step...

I was just thinking how wonderful life was, when Chuck
<none@xxxxxxxxxxx> opened his gob and said:

Did you read the specific instructions provided by Jack Clarke?

I did not see any specific instructions from Jack. It's not just his
head that was spinning.

I see that Laptop and Number_1 both use Realtek. This makes me stronger suspect
that the problem starts with nVidia.

I have taken the nVidia completely out of the equation by uninstalling
the NV LAN drivers *and* disabling it in the BIOS. I installed a spare
Realtek card that I had hanging around and the result is the same.
Using the stock MSoft drivers ATM, about to update to latest Realtek
ones.

I shall keep things that way until things get sorted.

One thing that I have noticed with the PC2 (laptop) is that it is not
possible to disable the LAN connection. The 'error disabling
connection' box says that one or more protocols may be used that do
not support plug-and-play or it may have been initiated by another
user or account. This does not explain why PC3 can interact okay with
laptop though.

TIA.

--
Cheers,

Guy

** Stress - the condition brought about by having to
** resist the temptation to beat the living daylights
** out of someone who richly deserves it.
.

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