xp no ip address, but light flickers

[lukas]

Hi,

Ive got a Toshiba Tecra S1 laptop with Win XP SP2 installed, Intel
PRO
100 network card, PLUS belkin PCMCIA network card


After a disasterous VPN installation, Im now left with a very
troublesome computer.


After installing basic contivity VPN software, could not access
network anymore. No change in any other settings. Tried to remove
VPN,
even after 20mins at 99% of uninstall, never fully uninstalled.
Reboot
and all that, no success. Tried updating drivers for Intel PRO, again
after 20mins never finished updating (should it take this long??)
stuck on e100bmsg.dll. Paid for someone to try and fix it - $100 down
the drain. Ended up buying the Belkin PCMCIA network card - it
installed and worked fine UNTIL I rebooted, now its behaving like the
Intel Pro. I had norton installed, but have removed it while trying
to
figure out what the problem is.


System restore is not letting me access pre-VPN install.


DEATH ON REBOOT? Any explanation?


Any info would be greatly appreciated.


Cheers
Luke

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

You may need to uninstall the VPN manually. Which VPN are you using?

Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com
Hi,

Ive got a Toshiba Tecra S1 laptop with Win XP SP2 installed, Intel
PRO
100 network card, PLUS belkin PCMCIA network card


After a disasterous VPN installation, Im now left with a very
troublesome computer.


After installing basic contivity VPN software, could not access
network anymore. No change in any other settings. Tried to remove
VPN,
even after 20mins at 99% of uninstall, never fully uninstalled.
Reboot
and all that, no success. Tried updating drivers for Intel PRO, again
after 20mins never finished updating (should it take this long??)
stuck on e100bmsg.dll. Paid for someone to try and fix it - $100 down
the drain. Ended up buying the Belkin PCMCIA network card - it
installed and worked fine UNTIL I rebooted, now its behaving like the
Intel Pro. I had norton installed, but have removed it while trying
to
figure out what the problem is.


System restore is not letting me access pre-VPN install.


DEATH ON REBOOT? Any explanation?


Any info would be greatly appreciated.


Cheers
Luke

 

[lukas]

You may need to uninstall the VPN manually. Which VPN are you using?

thanks for replying!

cisco vpn and i had contivity vpn as well. in trying to uninstall
cisco vpn the uninstall eventually locked so i shut down... im getting
an ip address now, which is great, but i dont know how long it will
last... will check tonight and reply results...

 

[Robert L [MVP - Networking]]

If that doesn't work, this how to may help,

Cisco How to and issuesHow to add DNS and WINS into your Cisco VPN server · How to open Cisco PIX ports for accessing outside VPN · How to uninstall Cisco VPN client ...
http://www.howtonetworking.com/cisco/cisco.htm


Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on http://www.ChicagoTech.net
How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on http://www.HowToNetworking.com

You may need to uninstall the VPN manually. Which VPN are you using?

thanks for replying!

cisco vpn and i had contivity vpn as well. in trying to uninstall
cisco vpn the uninstall eventually locked so i shut down... im getting
an ip address now, which is great, but i dont know how long it will
last... will check tonight and reply results...