SNOOPY817

okay well i had windows xp professional edition and the internet on it worked
perfect, then i changed my OS to linux[ubuntu 8.10] and the internet on it
worked great on it too no problems on both cases. Till today i switched my
OS back to windows xp professional edition, and i did everything and what not
but the internet wont work. I went to control panel>Network and Internet Connections>>Network Connections> and theirs nothing. I have tried the
network setup wizard and some other few things but i still cant get it to work.
And when i open up the internet this comes out



So can anyone help me please.

wmorri

Hi,

I would make sure that you have the correct drivers for you NIC. What is the brand of your PC, is it Dell, HP, etc? You can go to their website and then download the correct drivers XP and then install it and you should be able to get up and running. Don't worry I have had this problem in the past and totally forgot how to fix it.

Cheers!

SNOOPY817

yeah its a dell hp, i just burnt another cd and installed it and im currently redoing it
or well it says 'repairing' but if that don't work can you please assist me with the link
your talking about i would really appreciate it, i been trying to fix it all day since the morning.

wmorri

I don't think that you understood me. You either have a Dell or a HP, but there isn't such a thing as a Dell HP.

I am not sure what you burnt to a cd, can you be more discriptive. What are you redoing or 'repairing'.

I can give you a link to the model of PC that you have if you tell me the make and model of your PC.

Cheers!

SNOOPY817

Yes its a dell....

System: Microsoft windows XP professional
version 2002
service pack3

Computer: inter(R)
pentium(R) 4CPU 2.53GHz
2.52GHz, 284 MB of RAM

and i was burning a cd of the system
right now im on another computer
but still i redid the computer like 5 times and still i cant get it to work.

And on computer managment under OTHER DEVICES its a big yellow question mark
-Ethernet Controller
-Multimedia Audio Controller
those two and i cant repair them or reinstall them or nothing

and the model is the numbers in the back right?
its these

B75HR21

wmorri

Hi,

Ok thanks for the information. I would like to know what model your dell is. it would be something like inpiron, or something like that. It would probably say on the front of the desktop.

I will try and get the drivers for you once I know the model number.

Cheers!

SNOOPY817

okay it has all this info:

-DEMENSION 4550

-INTEL INSIDE PENTIUM 4

-DESIGN FOR MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP

i hope thats it and ty for all the help

wmorri

Hi,

Yes!! We have finally reached what I am looking for, Great! This should be what you need. It should be the drivers for your Network card.

Cheers!

SNOOPY817

thank you very MUCH!
so do i just download it
and put it in my computer
and install it and it should
be working perfect again?

wmorri

Hi,

Yes that is the general steps. There might be a couple of reboots in there but that is how it should work.

Cheers!

SNOOPY817

thanks :D
im just going to do it right now
hope it works
-cross's fingers-

SNOOPY817

okay well i tried it and it didn't work
:( and im actually using it right now
i did some 'experiments' you can say
when im using linux on it the internet
works perfect, but when im on the
normal OS[windows xp] the internet
don't work, idk what the problem is
probably is the way im uninstalling linux?
i really don't know i just want my computer
back to normal and the internet to work.

wmorri

Ok,

So how are you un-installing linux? This might have something to it, but usually you just write over the files when you install windows or whatever the os is. I have a couple ideas if that doesn't work, but I want to know more about un-installing linux first.

Cheers

SNOOPY817

okay i guess by what you have told me i am doing something wrong
when im installing it there's 2 partitions
if im correct their is
C:\
D:\
those two show up and it has 2 options or 3
but the only one i remember is the delete one
and i delete both partitions and then press enter
so i can install the windows xp OS
so what's the problem am i doing it right
or wrong? is their a different way i can do this
or something

wmorri

Hi,

When you go to install windows, you get to a screen that allows you to choose where you want to install windows. You will want to delete all partitions and then create a new one, if all you want to have on your computer is XP. From there you will be able to create a new one for XP and only XP. That will be the C:\ drive. From there you should be able to install and get XP running without any problem.

I hope that this makes sense to you. If you need me to clarify anything just let me know.

Cheers!

SNOOPY817

okay so once i delete all partition
and put enter it automatically makes
a partition and installs windows xp on my
computer?

and yes i do understand it,.. if im correct
thats the way i been doing it the whole
time..

wmorri

Hi,

Yes that is all that you need to do.

Cheers!

wmorri

Hi,

Yes that is all that you need to do.

Cheers!

SNOOPY817

thanks for all the help buddy,
but i guess ima have to stick
with linux and not play my games
no more :( the internet on it still
don't work but on linux it does
idk what the problem is man
oh well

wmorri

I don't want you to have to do that. Let me send a message to a couple of the windows folks and see what we can do for you. I probably wont do it till later on in the afternoon my time as it is close to 1am here.

Cheers!