| anybody: advice on tcp/ip problem (winxp pro) |
by EON |
2008-03-19 10:26:25 |
My next PC is a Mac!
The day MS said I had to "verify" (or was it "authenticate"?) my XP Pro installation within the next 3 days due to hardware changes (and I successfully did so -- over the phone, even though nothing's changed in my hardware in the past 12 months or so), I lost all TCP/IP connectivity on that desktop machine.
--IPConfig says it can't query the host
--netsh commands fail
--Removing and reinstalling the Windows networking client did not help.
--The ethernet card says it's working properly, and the link light is on -- and steady -- on my wireless router (this is the router control machine, so that's where the cable goes). I un- and re-installed the drivers for it anyway.
--The kids' PC and the laptop are connecting to the outside world just fine.
--Avast found no viruses.
So, do I have to reinstall XP Pro? If so, how painful will it be to recover from that?
I don't post here much, I know, so I'm not "one of the gang" -- but I've been, well, lurking I guess, for at least a year now. I hope if one of this great crowd has any advice, you'll be willing to share it.
Not sure I can revert to a previous system state... I think for some reason that never got working on the machine in question. But I'm going to take a look at that tonight or tomorrow...
If I get TCP/IP back, my next project is to try to get old SQL Server 2000 off of there, don't need it any more, but it won't un-install via add/remove programs, nor via the installation CD. Gaaack.
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Just because this question has to be asked . . . | by hadji | 2008-03-19 10:34:20 |
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One more thing . . . | by hadji | 2008-03-19 10:35:57 |
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diary post | by EON | 2008-03-19 11:10:45 |
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You added the top level content, but that's | by hadji | 2008-03-19 11:12:52 |
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Think I did it now (the diary) (n/t) | by EON | 2008-03-19 11:29:44 |
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answers to hadji and others | by EON | 2008-03-19 11:09:09 |
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Do you have another Ethernet card? | by CynicalRyan | 2008-03-19 12:27:58 |
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A few things to check... | by shadowsystems | 2008-03-19 10:37:08 |
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Why do you think a mac will work any better? | by EndlessWaves | 2008-03-19 10:48:54 |
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I think his point about the Mac is its lack of the | by hadji | 2008-03-19 10:55:48 |
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Yeah, hardware dongles work better | by CynicalRyan | 2008-03-19 10:57:51 |
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Aroo? | by hadji | 2008-03-19 10:59:32 |
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<Raises hand> I got it! The Mac IS the dongle... (n/t) | by rhl2000 | 2008-03-19 11:02:27 |
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Still doesn't make sense to me. | by hadji | 2008-03-19 11:05:39 |
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Mac OS only runs on Apple hardware (more or less) (n/t) | by rhl2000 | 2008-03-19 11:07:48 |
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Ah, ok. I'll have to pass that on to a friend of | by hadji | 2008-03-19 11:09:27 |
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Well, it's copyright infringement. | by CynicalRyan | 2008-03-19 11:13:19 |
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not quite | by Freakazoid | 2008-03-19 11:22:01 |
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It is a copyright violation: | by CynicalRyan | 2008-03-19 11:29:50 |
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nope | by Freakazoid | 2008-03-19 11:36:50 |
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All the cracked copies are pirated. | by toysbfun | 2008-03-19 11:39:40 |
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Regarding my friend, he did buy the DVD. | by hadji | 2008-03-19 11:42:28 |
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all *pre-cracked* copies are pirated | by Freakazoid | 2008-03-19 11:45:46 |
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Correct. I was thinking about pre-cracked copies. | by toysbfun | 2008-03-19 11:52:22 |
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Changing the IP of somebody, without | by CynicalRyan | 2008-03-19 11:47:31 |
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*bzzert* wrongo | by Freakazoid | 2008-03-19 11:51:35 |
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a quote for you: | by Freakazoid | 2008-03-19 12:00:37 |
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Wrong. | by CynicalRyan | 2008-03-19 12:17:59 |
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Have you heard of the DMCA? | by CynicalRyan | 2008-03-19 12:13:41 |
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yet more nonsense pulled from your nether regions | by Freakazoid | 2008-03-19 12:16:48 |
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Please argue your point... | by Nea | 2008-03-19 12:18:43 |
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Replace the words "this post" with "your post". | by Nea | 2008-03-19 12:21:21 |
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WTF? | by CynicalRyan | 2008-03-19 12:21:13 |
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Dude, chill. If you're not crossing the line here | by hadji | 2008-03-19 12:23:13 |
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I meant "by design", no that it can't be bypassed | by rhl2000 | 2008-03-19 11:14:32 |
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Yes. (n/t) | by hadji | 2008-03-19 11:14:58 |
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Mac OS X (legally) only works with Apple's | by CynicalRyan | 2008-03-19 11:12:19 |
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Now, I understand. :-) (n/t) | by hadji | 2008-03-19 11:13:43 |
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Glad to help. :) | by CynicalRyan | 2008-03-19 11:18:54 |
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Last time I saw something similar, it was | by Peace_man | 2008-03-19 11:06:02 |
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No Norton; Realtek ethernet NIC (n/t) | by EON | 2008-03-19 12:05:44 |
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As has been suggested elsewhere, it is possible | by hadji | 2008-03-19 12:17:04 |
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Heh. Well, my first guess on that one was | by Peace_man | 2008-03-19 12:45:26 |
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A couple of thoughts.... | by rhl2000 | 2008-03-19 11:06:58 |
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Just copy your profile. and system files. | by joecrouse | 2008-03-19 13:18:47 |
