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Computer Forum Networking and Computer Security
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alright i reinstalled windows on my friends virus infested Dell Dimension 4600

he had all the original driver disks

we installed all the drivers but for some reason when you try to look for an internet connect there is absolutely nothing in the

network and internet connections

His computer is directly plugged into a modem that doesn’t require separate drivers because i can hook my computer into it and get internet

sorta weird never had anything like this happen to me before anyone have any suggestions ?

Thanks :chk:

EDIT - operating system is XP

and we used a windows CD that came with the computer. it was odd to me though that it never asked us to enter any keys or now that its installed to activate windows
(does that seem odd to anyone else ?)

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Right click on “My Computer” and select “Properties”. Once the System Properties window pops up, select the “Hardware” tab, then click “Device Manager”. Once the device manager window pops up, check to see under “Network Adapters” that the right card is installed.

That’s normal. XP installations that are distributed by Dell, HP, etc… have a pre-installed key so you don’t have to insert it.

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there is no network adapter under there

and the only thing that doesn’t appear normal to me is a thing under other devices called ethernet controller with a yellow ? next to it

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Yep, that’s it right there. The yellow sign near “Ethernet Controller” indicates that you still need to install the drivers for it.

Go here and download the driver for it.

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i installed the driver that u sent me and it still has the yellow question mark and no internet and i had tried installing the newer driver for the same thing with no luck

i guess ima have to try and find another solution to get the Ethernet controller to work

thanks for the help

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got it to work lol im an idiot

i was installing the drivers in the win2k folder not winXP lol

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Haha, it happens.
Hope i was of help to you dude.