From: "Geo." 

It's sort of the last thing I try before reformatting.. It works great sometimes.

Geo.

"Rich"  wrote in message news:3eebc91c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
   Deleting the TCP/IP registry keys is generally a bad idea.  I've not
known this to fix anything.  It's OK to delete the reg keys for an adapter
and like the device be recreated but you can use the device manager to
delete the device without the risk of deleting the wrong thing.

Rich
  "Geo."  wrote in message
news:3eebaead$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  He tried that, I even had him delete the registry keys for tcpip and that
  didn't help. He ended up reinstalling.

  Geo.

  "William F. Zachmann" 
wrote in message
  news:3eeb930d$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  > Glenn,
  >
  > Have you tried deleting the LAN connection and then re-creating it?
  >
  > All the best,
  >
  > will
  >
  >
  > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
  > news:3eeb6fa2{at}w3.nls.net...
  > > At a friends house, trying to figure out why the computer will NOT
  connect
  > > to the lan.
  > >
  > > Here are the symptoms:
  > >
  > > Windows XPPro recent re-install.
  > > Norton AV2003 run, shows system is clean.
  > > Computer is Athalon800
  > > 512 meg of ram.
  > > About 3 weeks ago, it just stopped talking to the internet, or the
other
  > > computer on the lan.
  > > Prior to today, it would at least talk on the local lan, but that is
  all.
  > >
  > > Connection in the house was through a Siemen Speedstream router with
  > > connection to cable modem.  Her laptop works/worked fine with the
prior
  > > connection.
  > >
  > > Today, we installed a D-Link wireless router (4 hard ports + 802.11b).
  > > Connected the laptop via wire, came right up.  Connected my laptop
with
  my
  > > wireless connection, came right up.  The desktop refuses to get a DHCP
  > > address.  Manually assigning an IP address does not take to the OS
  level.
  > > After manually entering all the info, and doing a reboot, an IPCONFIG
  > shows
  > > all zeros (0.0.0.0).
  > >
  > > We've put in a NEW NIC, and it responds the same way (D-Link Nic).
I've
  > put
  > > back in the old Netgear, and it's still doing the same thing.
  > >
  > > Anyone know of a virus/worm that disables all networking, and if so,
how
  > > does one find it?  Have not tried booting to safe mode with networking
  yet
  > > to see if THAT works.
  > >
  > > This is just plain ODD!!!!
  > >
  > > All thoughts, comments, suggestions welcome (except moving to Linux,
as
  > > that's not a viable option at this point.  She has dedicated apps that
  > have
  > > to run on Windows).
  > >
  > >
  > > --
  > > Glenn M.
  > >
  > >
  > >
  >
  >

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