No network connectivity when I reboot in XP. WHY???

I upgraded to Windows XP on my IBM ThinkPad 600X from Windows 2000. It recognized my Xircom 10/100 network card instantly and auto configured. All was great. . . till I rebooted. When I rebooted, I got no link light and no network connectivity at all! I checked the network settings and the card showed that it was w ...

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I upgraded to Windows XP on my IBM ThinkPad 600X from Windows 2000. It recognized my Xircom 10/100 network card instantly and auto configured. All was great... till I rebooted. When I rebooted, I got no link light and no network connectivity at all! I checked the network settings and the card showed that it was working properly and TCP/IP was configured properly. MOST of the time when I reboot it will not work, but sometimes its it will.
 
I've found that if I boot the system without the card and plug the card in when the system is fully booted it will work. But can anyone tell me why it wont work 100% of the time when plugged in before I boot?
 
I checked the System Event Viewer log and I get an error that says "adapter interrupts not functioning properly". But, I checked the IRQ and the card is not conflicting with anything else.
 
Please help!!!

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I'd recommend you install either the latest Xircom drivers or IBM, whoever makes the card, instead of using the 2000 default drivers. Windows 2000 is probably using the wrong driver.