nekton

Been awhile since I have had a chance to deal with this troublesome computer, but now I am back to focusing on it. Here is the latest update..... Originally I was unable to see the network connection icons. I needed to get to these so I could verify that the IP settings were all what I thought they should be as I thought the slow opening of My Computer was related. It was recommended to me in the besttechie IRC channel to install Service Pack 2 (SP2). After doing the requiste backups I did install SP2 from a CD that I had gotten from Microsoft. The result was no change. I could not see the net

I will see if I can try the NIC card in another computer. I suspect something is wrong with the software installation, but am not sure what. There are a number of suspicious issues that keep popping up like the NIC cards giving those hex strings. The latest is when I try to run the command netsh int ip reset and I get error message: WARNING: Could not obtain host information from machine [sTUDIO]. Some commands may not be available. Class not registered. Does this give any clues? I am very close to just reformating the entire thing which is something I have not yet done with a computer. Doe

Adding a new NIC card did not resolve the problem. The new NIC card (not the built in one described in the original post) worked, showed up in the Task Manager Networking tab, but did not appear in the Network Connections window. I have since gone in and removed the adapters via the Device Manager, rebooted the card and allowed WinXP to find the new devices (the built in NIC and the PCI NIC I added) which it has done. More interesting developments in doing this. #1) Microsoft Antispyware Alert tells me it has detected a new LSP. Is this normal? I guess I never tried to remove a NIC card and a

I have this WinXP Home computer with SP1 that had a bad case of malware (you name it, it had it). Even before that though, when I opened up Network Connections the ethernet card was not displayed. This is still the case after the malware has been removed. I can get to the Internet through a browser. When I open the Windows Task Manager under the Networking tab I see the adapter and the state is "Operational". It states the network card is "Intel® PRO/100 VE Network Connection #2 - Packet Scheduler Miniport". Other interesting behavior is that when I click on My Computer I get the flash light f