This doesn't make sense
I returned to a peer to peer network I worked on last week to find the winXP machine disabled the nic. The computer has a modem and also a network card. After a connection to the isp over the modem, suddenly the nic (a cnet pro200wl) attached to the internal lan stopped working.
I returned to a peer to peer network I worked on last week to find the winXP machine disabled the nic. The computer has a modem and also a network card. After a connection to the isp over the modem, suddenly the nic (a cnet pro200wl) attached to the internal lan stopped working. Numerous event logs reporting there was a problem with the device were recorded from the prior day. After it was powered down, it restarted with no drivers bound to the card. If I uninstall the driver, XP redetects that a nic is there but can not find a driver. I downloaded the drivers from cnet but it still will not load it. I would appreciate any help on this.
Here is a minor second question. I used to be able to 'browse' drivers by manufacturer in 9x, nt and 2000. Now when I try to do that in XP I only see a couple of generic drivers. What happened to being able to look by manufacturer and select your driver? Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Ry
Here is a minor second question. I used to be able to 'browse' drivers by manufacturer in 9x, nt and 2000. Now when I try to do that in XP I only see a couple of generic drivers. What happened to being able to look by manufacturer and select your driver? Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks in advance,
Ry
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my friend had a problem similar to this last night. He has recently built a new computer. The nic worked for a while then it just screwed up and stoped working. After deleteing it from device manager it wouldn't install the right drivers as it did the first time. with a lot of mucking around we couldn't get it to work so we changed it to a different pci slot. turned it back on and it worked like a dream. pretty screwed up, no idea why it did it, but it can't hurt giving it a go hey?
does any body know what cards you are meant to put in what slots? I have heard that there are specific places u r meant to put specific cards
does any body know what cards you are meant to put in what slots? I have heard that there are specific places u r meant to put specific cards
