Network stopped working after logitech webcam installed

[Ed]

Hi,

I installed a couple of logitech 4000 webcams on two of my
computers. Initially the two computers could comunicate,
but the audio wasn't working. After fiddling with the
audio settings for a while, I noticed I was enable to
control my remote computer via remote admin stuff.
Futhermore IE6/Messenger etc.. stopped working. Turns out
that the computer lost its ability to work on the
network. I did an ipconfig /all and noticed that my
network card no longer had a valid IP or subnet( I use a
linksys router with DHCP capabilites). I then manually
configured the network card and was able to ping other
network devices, but thats it. Explorer still wouldn't
work. I noticed that the webcam installed some microsoft
web/video virtual network device.

Last time I saw a network problem like this was because I
had installed VMWARE. Unable to find a solution, I was
forced to reinstall XP. ( I tried all the usual stuff,
uninstalled network card, reinstalled yada yada yada).

Is there something in the registry that can be changed to
make things work again.

Thanks,
Ed

 

[Ed]

ipconfig shows that the IP address is set to something
that won't work with my routers netmask. It shows
255.255.0.0 which is unusual. I checked the route table
as well. It too looks strange. If I manually setup the
ip stuff then the route looks ok for the most part
although the ID of the network card is longer than it is
on a similar machine that does work. After I manually
configure everything I can ping my other computer as well
as ping my router and my outside IP address as well.
However IE and messanger still don't work. One unusual
thing I noticed is that I can remotely connect from a
good computer to the screwed up computer, but not
visaversa. I also tried to reset the IP stuff by using
netsh int ip reset ... (found on the knowledge base), but
that didn't work either.