[ubowl]

i have windows xp and cant get access. when i view network connections its blank but in device manager it shows the nic card and says it working fine. I bought a new one anyway same problem. ran cable to next room and same thing so cable is fine. rebooted modem no change all other pc's in house have no issues, cant think of any other info you would need to help. John

 

[Ben Her]

Re: network

In Device Manager, uninstall and reinstall the network card.

If that fails, make sure that the Network Connections Service is running. Check all the Services in "Adminstrative Tools" and verify that the services that ought to be running are running. Look for "automatic" services that should be running, but are not, and look at "disabled" services that should not be disabled.

Are you running in Selective Startup (MSCONFIG), or Normal ? Has this computer been infected/messed with ?

Read this thread:

http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/4800-network-connections-folder-empty.html

The freeware "Dial-a-Fix" has a tool that will automatically re-register a bunch of your .dll's. I've had problems where doing this trick was this fix, so this is worth trying. If dial-a-fix doesn't do the specific .dll's mentioned in the link above (or any other source that recommends re-registering .dll's), you can do it manually. Read the thread in the link for some directions on how to do it manually (slow and tedious, but you will learn something...)

Also, dial-a-fix has a tool to show if there are "restrictive policies", which may not be your problem, but if you have them that would be evidence of past malware infection, something that would be good to know.

 

[AlbertMC2]

Re: network

What service pack do you have?

 

[ubowl]

Re: network

sevice pack 3

 

[Prophet]

Re: network

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Start, Run. cmd.exe

regsvr32 netshell.dll
regsvr32 netcfgx.dll
regsvr32 netman.dll

Hitting enter after each one.

now do you show network connections in folder?

 

[c_naresh2004]

Re: network

try to reinstall drivers for network card

 

[ubowl]

Re: network

Ive tried all the above and still cant see any connection possibilities when i view my network connections

 

[Prophet]

Re: network

try running the network setup wizard and see if it detects ethernet ports?

 

[AlbertMC2]

Re: network

Try looking through this article from Microsoft. You want to try the suggestions from Method 1 and Method 2

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/825826