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hey there i have been running winxp beta2 for a couple of months no prob...i use a 3com nic card and rr cable. i just installed xp RC1 and it keeps saying that the network cable is disconnected. this even after a clean install. i have my machine dual booted with win2k and when i boot to that...there is no problem...the cable link light on my modem lights up. on win xp side...light out...any help would be appreciated
mike

Assuming XP has native support for that NIC, which it should, did it install the drivers correctly (check Device Manager)?

hey...yeah it does support the card...and the driver is accepted, in fact it was"signed" by microsoft

Resource conflicts?

nope...its really strange isn't it?

You'll likely have to renew the address, subnet mask & default gateway.

Start, settings, network connections - righ click on local area network, select status, support tab - check "release" button then renew.

hey there...unfortunately when i tried to do that the status otion was greyed out...so no luck. thanks tho!

Is TCP/IP loaded?

Can you click on the repair option just below status in the pop-up?

Sounds like maybe you should delete the NIC in system properties & reboot to reload drivers - or you could do so manually.

hey...cant do repair either...i tried the uninstall-reinstall thing too that doesn't work....and the drivers are new..."signed" by microsoft also...

I can suggest a few things:

1) Try setting up a new network connection using the "make new connection" wizard.

2) You could move the NIC card toi a different PCI slot.

3) Or try another NIC.

2 or 3 will end up chaning your dual boot NIC settings as well, changing PCI slots will likely only result in your dual boot OS reloading the drivers from the inf founf on the drive - of course a new NIC will entail the usual driver loading and potential hazards that go with it.

hey i really appreciate you taking the time to help me out...! i did try making new connections (im up to 6 times ..moving it to anther slot didnt work either...i guess i may try a new card...even though microsoft does say that XP supports this one...are you on XP?
mike

Yes, I've still on beta 2 waiting for RC1 disc.

I saw your post on the networking MS forum as well.

Good luck, sorry I couldn't have been any help to you.

hey...i'm hoping that when my rc1 disc comes it will take care of the problem...maybe there was a glitch in the CD i burned...unlikely since i tried that twice as well...but you never know. i just find it very strange that beta 2 all was OK but rc1 is a disaster. for me at least
mike...

Hey Mike!!

Maybe one of the few (if ever) reasons to downgrade.

Well, I for one will never use XP as long as they have "activation required" to use it. I'm sorry, but it's none of their business if I install a new motherboard and what not. Also, if they get this info whats to stop them from getting more? And no, I do not believe that MS is compliant with all the laws of the land. Just my 2cents. hehe

do you think your rantings are going to help me with my problem? i'm sure there are appropriate venues for your vitriol, but i don't think this is it.

Sorry if it sounded like a rant, wasn't meant to be. What I was saying is that I was wondering if since the new install was it trying to still re-authenticate to MS and was that also having issues?

the only problem i have with RC1 is that it refuses to accept the fact that my netwok cable is connected. i didn't have this problem with beta 2. thanks for your interest.

I can't say that I disagree with you, but I'm pretty tollerent (=lazy) about most things anyway.

I usually rebuild 3 to 4 times a year, but I've been languishing with a KK266 for 6 months that I just love, so I haven't done anything with mine - just for others.

I have been reading some of the horror stories of office XP activitation woes. I suppose then I get locked out of my system I'll change my "tollerant" story in a big hurry. LOL

i know this may sound extreme, but have you tried formatting and reainstalling Winxp RC1 CLEAN with the nic in again?

i have indeed done that...i have installed it as an upgrade. i have installed it clean...i really have done everything i could imagine..perhaps my imagination is lacking...

Well i've had XP build 2505 (RC1) the day it came out and had only one prob with it error writing to a database that runs the iis,
probably due to the fact i installed over top of build 2465 beta 2
but as far as networking is concerned, i had more troubles with the beta 2, and there are plenty of cracks out there to remove the time limitation, (get the one with reset2.exe and popup.bat in the zip file - its the only one thats easy to use and actually works correctly - STAY AWAY FROM THE SOLARIX CRACK!!!)

for the prob, make shure u put your nic card into an un shared pci slot (try the second or 3rd from the agp slot), you might have to move some stuff around but that might fix the prob, and when goin through the internet connectio wizzard chose other, the comp is not on a network, and connects directly to the net...

for some reason microsoft made the new wizard a little confusing...