I¹ve had this happen several times. Unless it is telling you that a network connection cannot be found, it doesn¹t necessarily mean that the network card isn¹t working. The first time it happened to me, I researched for a week, trying different suggestions, and I never got anything to work. A clean XP install worked well, though, and that is my best suggestion.
---------------------------------------------- Bill Bell Asst. Technology Coordinator Monticello CUSD #25 Monticello, IL 61856 http://www.cafepress.com/tech-geeks ---------------------------------------------- On 8/16/10 11:45 AM, "Haffer, Rick" <[email protected]> wrote: > The office received two HP notebooks, each about 3 years old, with XP on them. > However, the person has cleaned them in such a way that I need to Activate > Windows before I can log on. However, it does not find connectivity. The > Dells I receive from this person also need activation but connect fine to the > cloud and wa la I am off and running. > Not the HPs. The first one I just slapped a linux version on called > Peppermint. Seems easy for the teachers to use. > But gosh darn it, I want to use XP on this recent one. It seems like the > drivers for the nic are not loading before the need to activate comes on. Any > suggestions? > Thanks. > > Richard G. Haffer > ROE46 > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
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