No network though NICs installed

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Thorbj=F8rn_H=F8jgaard_Olesen?=]

Hi,

I browsed our good friend google and found this old thread, which
describes likely the same problem I have...

http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...01c16531%24a742a490%2419ef2ecf%40tkmsftngxa01

My Dell Inspiron 8600 with XP.SP1 has both LAN and WLAN cards installed.
They both worked perfectly until yesterday... after I rebooted my
network connection kind of disapeared.

Running ipconfig from a prompt ONLY shows "Windows IP Configuration", a
blank line, and returns to the prompt.
Normally I get an ip address from the dhcp, and sometimes I enter it
manually, but none of these works now.
Both NICs shows as working properly in the system device manager. When I
try to uninstall them the system hangs...
I tried to close all processes and services that could perhaps interfere
but no luck.
When I boot up in safe_mode it works perfectly as before, but it's no
solution :|

Any idea how to fix it without reinstalling XP?


Regards,
Thorbjoern Olesen
DK

 

[adrian916]

right click "my network places" and choose "properties"
(or go to control panel and choose "network connections".
Check whether your Local area connection is shown as
enabled or disabled. If disabled, right click and
choose "enable".

HTH