easy MS networking question for you gurus out there...

[ask me]

ok the simple question is, i use XP professional at work
here, and after a full format and re-install on new
hardware, when i click on local area network status icon
i get traffic reported in "packets", not "bytes" as i am
used to and prefer. this is as i say after a re-install
of the SAME copy of windows xp professional, just on a
new motherboard, cpu and such...the new mother board
supports an ethernet connection, so i dont use my old
ethernet card anymore, could it be a default aspect of
that? can i change this back to reporting traffic
in "bytes"?

i have tried googling this problem with no luck...

thanks in advance for any advice you can give

 

[Richard G. Harper]

The choice of "packets" or "bytes" is made by the network card driver, not
Windows. What the card reports, Windows echoes. You'd need a card or a
driver that reports bytes instead of packets to get the old display back.