A computer in my house just went cranky. My brother was using it and he said all of a sudden it restarted by itself and the Internet connection went kaput (on that computer only). There used to be an icon on the desktop for Local Area Network. Now it's gone. Could that be the problem (no more LAN)? How can I get the LAN thingy back?
Please help.
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Posted 22 November 2005 - 09:59 AM
control panel > network connections > enable LAN (if it's there) or set up a new network
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Posted 22 November 2005 - 10:10 AM
I tried that.
Didn't work.
Didn't work.
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Posted 22 November 2005 - 10:14 AM
I'm just hoping that there's nothing wrong with your network card
Cuz an old one of mine died and I had to replace it
But mine only said "network cable unplugged" or something
Cuz an old one of mine died and I had to replace it
But mine only said "network cable unplugged" or something
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Posted 22 November 2005 - 03:38 PM
what was your brother doing before it restarted? theres a chance you got a virus
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Posted 22 November 2005 - 03:48 PM
Your NIC might've died.
They're cheap these days.
They're cheap these days.
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Posted 22 November 2005 - 05:40 PM
haha you 'n your brother 
maybe you can try going into control panel ->perf & maint.->system->hardware->device manager and make sure none of your networking hardware has been disabled from there...
you can also have a look in the computer to see if the network card has become loose or something, although i've never known this to happen
maybe you can try going into control panel ->perf & maint.->system->hardware->device manager and make sure none of your networking hardware has been disabled from there...
you can also have a look in the computer to see if the network card has become loose or something, although i've never known this to happen
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Posted 23 November 2005 - 03:44 AM
Yes...my bro and me. But this time it happened to the computer he uses most often....too bad for him.
Will try the control panel. Thanks!
what was your brother doing before it restarted? theres a chance you got a virus
I have no idea what he was doing.
Will try the control panel. Thanks!
QUOTE(tommy ;D ! @ Nov 23 2005, 07:38 AM) 
what was your brother doing before it restarted? theres a chance you got a virus
I have no idea what he was doing.
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Posted 23 November 2005 - 05:36 AM
Ay....problem fixed.
It seems it was a Windows Security update.
It seems it was a Windows Security update.
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Posted 23 November 2005 - 06:43 AM
>_< a stupid windows security update caused that?! Now I realyly believe in you microsponge...
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Posted 23 November 2005 - 08:52 AM
Freaking security updates.
I believe it. Service pack 2 pretty much stopped my modem configuration. I had to re-install it, and it still didn't work.
Ended up just taking out the freaking update.
I believe it. Service pack 2 pretty much stopped my modem configuration. I had to re-install it, and it still didn't work.
Ended up just taking out the freaking update.
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Posted 23 November 2005 - 11:20 AM
i once downloaded and installed an update, and from then on, XP would boot, but i couldn't get into windows, something wrong with updatemnger.dll, or something like that, i had to reformat, bummer
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Posted 23 November 2005 - 04:13 PM
That's why I never install those updates lol
Proudly living solely on SP1 (because it came with my Windows CD -.-;; otherwise I wouldn't even get that)
Proudly living solely on SP1 (because it came with my Windows CD -.-;; otherwise I wouldn't even get that)
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Posted 23 November 2005 - 08:47 PM
yeah SP2 screwed everyone over... my USB ports and network connections went haywire and but i eventually got everything functional again...
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