...or at least that is what it seems like at this point. Hi. First post, and I'm trying to avoid re-installing XP.
Here's the scoop:
I installed the Netgear WG311 wireless PCI card into a PC running XP Pro. It worked fine, except that remote desktop was not working because of mrvgina.dll being the wrong version. So I ran the fix from
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_d...x_xp_logon.htm. That fixed the problem, but my signal was too low on that machine, so I decided to just run an ethernet cable to the machine and take out the Netgear card. I made a cable, and connected it from the laptop to the hub. Worked fine (made sure the wireless radio was off, BTW).
Then I moved the cable from my laptop to the XP Pro machine. No go. Couldn't get an IP address from the DHCP server. Restarted the machine. Still no go. I downloaded the latest drivers from Intel (Intel Pro/100 + adapter) and still no go. I called Netgear to no avail.
Uninstalled the card, reinstalled it and reinstalled the drivers. Still no go. I basically cannot get an IP addres no matter what. I've run the network repair tool, manually tried to ipconfig /release and /renew, and deleted all registry entries with netgear in the name.
So, given that it was working absolutely perfectly before I installed the wireless card, I can only assume that Netgear (or the dougknox logon fix) broke something rather critical.
Before I wipe the machine clean and reinstall XP (System Restore was turned off - it was an audio workstation) can anyone recommend a way to get back to original system settings for networking components? Or any other suggestions?
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer.
jb