SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 16 May, 2010 Share Posted 16 May, 2010 Have a Dell desktop pc to look at with a strange problem. Its running WIN XP home, the problem is it will not connect to the net and you cannot get the properties up on the built in LAN card (has most up to date driver) it shows up in device manager.And when you try to call up IE it flashes on quickly then straight back to the home screen. Also it cannot discover any network even after connecting direct through RJ45 to my router. Any ideas please!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 16 May, 2010 Share Posted 16 May, 2010 (edited) Sounds like a hardware problem rather than a software one. Do you have a known good LAN card to substitute in, and to shut the on-board one down in the BIOS..? I would try this rather than fiddling around with software, first and foremost. Make sure your ethernet cable is also sound. BTW, don't worry about upto date LAN drivers. The standard one WinXP provides should do well enough. You can update it later. Edited 16 May, 2010 by St Landrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 17 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 17 May, 2010 Sounds like a hardware problem rather than a software one. Do you have a known good LAN card to substitute in, and to shut the on-board one down in the BIOS..? I would try this rather than fiddling around with software, first and foremost. Make sure your ethernet cable is also sound. BTW, don't worry about upto date LAN drivers. The standard one WinXP provides should do well enough. You can update it later.Yeah done this as well, put in a new Gigabit card, and could not call up the properties on this aswell. You can see it in device manager, but not in network discovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 17 May, 2010 Share Posted 17 May, 2010 For Pete's sake, don't tell me it's disabled in Windows...? If it is, invent another reason for why it doesn't work..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 18 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 May, 2010 For Pete's sake, don't tell me it's disabled in Windows...? If it is, invent another reason for why it doesn't work..! ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 start-run-cmd ping 127.0.0.1 you get any replies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 19 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 19 May, 2010 start-run-cmd ping 127.0.0.1 you get any replies? Yeah got "server unreachable"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 (edited) Maybe a corrupt IP stack.......hmmm any link lights on either of the NIC's? i guess not Edited 19 May, 2010 by saint_stevo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 what about start-run-cmd ipconfig what you get back from that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 start-run-cmd netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt Press Enter. Then reboot. Will replace 2 registry setting, the same as reinstalling TCP/IP and put a logfile on the C:\ drive showing what has happened. Give that a go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 19 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 19 May, 2010 (edited) cheers for replying stevo, got lights on the nic's but cant pick up any connections on the map network section for some reason Edited 19 May, 2010 by SOTONS EAST SIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 19 May, 2010 Share Posted 19 May, 2010 start-run-cmd netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt Press Enter. Then reboot. Will replace 2 registry setting, the same as reinstalling TCP/IP and put a logfile on the C:\ drive showing what has happened. Give that a go You try this yet? ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 19 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 19 May, 2010 You try this yet? ^^^Will give it a go when i come back from work,and post the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St Landrew Posted 20 May, 2010 Share Posted 20 May, 2010 For Pete's sake, don't tell me it's disabled in Windows...? If it is, invent another reason for why it doesn't work..! ??? Sorry about that, SES. You caught me in a funny mood. Hope Saint Stevo is able to sort you out there. I still think there might be a bit of hardware screwing up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 20 May, 2010 Share Posted 20 May, 2010 Sorry about that, SES. You caught me in a funny mood. Hope Saint Stevo is able to sort you out there. I still think there might be a bit of hardware screwing up though. I figured if he has tried another NIC, and still had a problem, the problem probably lies elsewhere.......hence restoring the IP Stack to factory settings.....whether that helped, who knows it seems! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 20 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 20 May, 2010 I figured if he has tried another NIC, and still had a problem, the problem probably lies elsewhere.......hence restoring the IP Stack to factory settings.....whether that helped, who knows it seems!Hi stevo didnt get the time to do it yesterday. I am trying your suggestion now, and will report back forthwithe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 20 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 20 May, 2010 (edited) Hi stevo still no joy, did what you said, but i cannot get any web connection even thou i can see the Lan in the device manager : Intel ® PRO/100 VE network connection but still cant call up the properties for this device. When i try the network connections folder i get the error message "the network connections folder was unable to retrieve the list of network adapters on your machine. And the adaptor is enabled. I have one green and one amber nics lit! Edited 20 May, 2010 by SOTONS EAST SIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 20 May, 2010 Share Posted 20 May, 2010 Oh.......I'm only on the blackberry now, but try this, post 12 specifically. http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/4800-network-connections-folder-empty.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 20 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 20 May, 2010 (edited) Oh.......I'm only on the blackberry now, but try this, post 12 specifically. http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/4800-network-connections-folder-empty.htmlYeah already tried that one and no joy,so tried it again, no joy. Edited 20 May, 2010 by SOTONS EAST SIDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint_stevo Posted 21 May, 2010 Share Posted 21 May, 2010 Have you tried uninstalling the NIC's in the device manager, doing a reboot and letting windows re-install the drivers? Failing that, try this- Replace the (missing?) file c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\ndis.sys with a copy from c:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 or from another working Windows installation. Or try to repair all system files, go to Start/Run, and type: SFC /SCANNOW Also, what service pack are you running? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 21 May, 2010 Author Share Posted 21 May, 2010 Have you tried uninstalling the NIC's in the device manager, doing a reboot and letting windows re-install the drivers? Failing that, try this- Replace the (missing?) file c:\Windows\System32\Drivers\ndis.sys with a copy from c:\Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 or from another working Windows installation. Or try to repair all system files, go to Start/Run, and type: SFC /SCANNOW Also, what service pack are you running?Done scannow no joy, and its running service pack 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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