Re: No Connectivity After Home Networking!!

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Yes, the card appears in the Device Manager. And yes, it was working fine
before the whole Home Networking thing. I have not tried your first
suggestions yet, as I am not at home in front of that computer. But, I will
most definitely try them tonight when I get home. Thank you so much for your
help! I'll let you know what happens.

"Steve Winograd [MVP]" wrote:

In article <E76D0857-7357-463B-85A2-7BCDAE564D81@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Scotty <Scotty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
HELP!! After running the Home Networking wizard on both my computers
(initially to solve a print sharing problem...) one computer seems to be fine
- can access internet fine. But the other computer has no connectivity
whatsoever. No icons in the Network Connections window. What could have
happened?

Background...
XP Home envionment on both
Brand new Linksys 10/100 ethernet card on machine that does not work
Both computers on same Workgroup
Used the Network Setup disk created during Home Network setup.

Go to Start > Run > services.msc, and make sure that the Network
Connections service is running.

If that doesn't fix it, go to Start > Run > eventvwr.msc, and look for
relevant error messages.

If that doesn't help, run System Restore and go back to a time before
the problem occurred.

Thank you for replying so promptly! I did discover one thing during my
trouble-shooting, and that is that the connection into my brand new ethernet
card is loose. This is where the cable connects into the card. Could it be
that I have purchased a defective card? It was, however, working fine before
I did the Home Networking thing. I was planning on taking the card back and
getting it replaced to see if that helped, too. Advice?

You're welcome. Of course it's possible that you purchased a
defective card. However:

1. A loose connection between the Ethernet card and the network cable
wouldn't cause the icon to disappear from the Network Connections
window.

2. You say that it was working fine before.

Make sure that the Ethernet card is fully seated in the motherboard
socket. Does the card appear in Device Manager? If not, there's a
hardware problem.

Did you try the first three steps that I suggested?
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Best Wishes,
Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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