Windows Update killed my internet connection......

[Santeria227]

I don't know wtf happened, but I did some updates
(creative driver, nvidia driver, and a security one) I
don't know what code number.... etc; whatever that's
called.... that i downloaded. Halfway through it froze,
so I did the ultimate no no, and shut the computer off
manually. I powered on. After this I couldn't access
into any Symantic products (norton antivirus, utilities,
or internet security), also I could not access into any of
the 'properties' on either my network group, my computer.
I no longer had a connection to the internet or to my home
network. However my computers were not affected by this.
I can also still open 'non essential' programs with no
difficulty. I went into my BIOS settings and disabled my
onboard LAN, after I did this, I was then able to open the
Symantic etc; Anyone know what is going on??? I'm going
to try a different port on my router, but i highly doubt
that is it. I've never had a problem like this before.

 

[Santeria227]

In case anyone was curious I fixed the problem. It
disabled my ethernet card, I noticed this when in Dos the
command: ipconfig, came up with absolutely no values or
anything, so I checked it out and sure enough......... i
feel silly now... oops! So i enabled my card, renewed the
ip and now i'm back in business!!