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Beemer Biker
We have lost our "local area network" if we ever had it. Nothing shows up
in the network connections popup. Bringing up System - Network Adapters in
control panel shows no adapter present. If I click on "show hidden items"
then the Intel Pro/100 VE miniport shows up. This does not seem to the
built in ethernet not to function. It works perfectly, in fact it worked
for for about a year and we never knew we had a problem until XP Pro Service
pack 2 went in and the firewall got enabled. It blocked all access to the
computer and "shared files" on this system were no longer accessible. When
I went to the firewall panel and looked at exclusions, "local area network"
was not available. When I started backtracking I discovered the "Pro/100"
chipset was not listed under network adapters unless I enable "hidden
items".
I downloaded and re-installed...
latest bios from intel
latest chipset inf
latest network drivers
latest audio drivers
All driver upgrades say i am using the most current. I cannot get that
"Pro/100 VE" chipset to show up. If a force on in using "Add Hardware" it
shows up as local area connection #2 and has that yellow bang. Clearly,
something in the registery has gotten corrupted. I got into regedit and
poked around and found about 18 network devices including that 2nd non
working "Pro/100 VE". If I uninstall the one I forced in, the count goes
down to 17 so I know I am close to where the problem is. I do no know
enough about the registery and what those entries are. Anybody got any
suggestions?
FWIW, on a hunch I added a spare 3com ethernet adapter. It worked just
fine, but same problem...it does not show up as a network connection.
in the network connections popup. Bringing up System - Network Adapters in
control panel shows no adapter present. If I click on "show hidden items"
then the Intel Pro/100 VE miniport shows up. This does not seem to the
built in ethernet not to function. It works perfectly, in fact it worked
for for about a year and we never knew we had a problem until XP Pro Service
pack 2 went in and the firewall got enabled. It blocked all access to the
computer and "shared files" on this system were no longer accessible. When
I went to the firewall panel and looked at exclusions, "local area network"
was not available. When I started backtracking I discovered the "Pro/100"
chipset was not listed under network adapters unless I enable "hidden
items".
I downloaded and re-installed...
latest bios from intel
latest chipset inf
latest network drivers
latest audio drivers
All driver upgrades say i am using the most current. I cannot get that
"Pro/100 VE" chipset to show up. If a force on in using "Add Hardware" it
shows up as local area connection #2 and has that yellow bang. Clearly,
something in the registery has gotten corrupted. I got into regedit and
poked around and found about 18 network devices including that 2nd non
working "Pro/100 VE". If I uninstall the one I forced in, the count goes
down to 17 so I know I am close to where the problem is. I do no know
enough about the registery and what those entries are. Anybody got any
suggestions?
FWIW, on a hunch I added a spare 3com ethernet adapter. It worked just
fine, but same problem...it does not show up as a network connection.