Cannot network with XP and lost internet access

Hi,

I have a weird situation. Two machines are SONY laptop running WindowsME
and a SONY desktop running WindowsXP. They are networked through a router,
which is connected to the cable modem.

Yesterday, the ME laptop's internet explorer became unstable. It couldn't
access websites but could access the e-mail server. I was able to access
the laptop's file system from the XP desktop.

Then, after doing 'windows update' and applying some of the available
patches, the ME laptop completely lost internet connection - no website or
e-mail access at all. No longer can the XP desktop access the ME laptop's
file system, although the 3 laptop drives do show up in the XP's network
neighborhood.

Thank you much if you can help.
Yvonne

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"YT" <anne-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I have a weird situation. Two machines are SONY laptop running WindowsME
> and a SONY desktop running WindowsXP. They are networked through a
router,
> which is connected to the cable modem.
>
> Yesterday, the ME laptop's internet explorer became unstable. It couldn't
> access websites but could access the e-mail server. I was able to access
> the laptop's file system from the XP desktop.
>
> Then, after doing 'windows update' and applying some of the available
> patches, the ME laptop completely lost internet connection - no website or
> e-mail access at all. No longer can the XP desktop access the ME laptop's
> file system, although the 3 laptop drives do show up in the XP's network
> neighborhood.
>
> Thank you much if you can help.
> Yvonne
>
>

I have the EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS YVONNE HAS DESCRIBED
BELOW.

AFTER DUTIFULLY APPLYING ALL THE WINDOWS ME SECURITY
UPDATES, MY WINDOWS ME MACHINE NO LONGER SEES ANY OTHER
COMPUTER ON THE HOME NETWORK. IT DOES HAVE ITS OWN NAME
UNDER MY NETWORK PLACES ... BUT ALL OTHER COMPUTERS
(which worked fine PRIOR to the updates) ARE NOW ABSENT.

HELP HELP HELP ! ! ! THANKS THANKS THANKS ! ! !


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I have a weird situation. Two machines are SONY laptop
running WindowsME
>and a SONY desktop running WindowsXP. They are networked
through a router,
>which is connected to the cable modem.
>
>Yesterday, the ME laptop's internet explorer became
unstable. It couldn't
>access websites but could access the e-mail server. I
was able to access
>the laptop's file system from the XP desktop.
>
>Then, after doing 'windows update' and applying some of
the available
>patches, the ME laptop completely lost internet
connection - no website or
>e-mail access at all. No longer can the XP desktop
access the ME laptop's
>file system, although the 3 laptop drives do show up in
the XP's network
>neighborhood.
>
>Thank you much if you can help.
>Yvonne
>
>
>.
>

www.careyholzman.com/netfixes.htm

Carey

"DeeJay" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:066b01c3df08$c1637900$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have the EXACT SAME PROBLEM AS YVONNE HAS DESCRIBED
> BELOW.
>
> AFTER DUTIFULLY APPLYING ALL THE WINDOWS ME SECURITY
> UPDATES, MY WINDOWS ME MACHINE NO LONGER SEES ANY OTHER
> COMPUTER ON THE HOME NETWORK. IT DOES HAVE ITS OWN NAME
> UNDER MY NETWORK PLACES ... BUT ALL OTHER COMPUTERS
> (which worked fine PRIOR to the updates) ARE NOW ABSENT.
>
> HELP HELP HELP ! ! ! THANKS THANKS THANKS ! ! !
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi,
> >
> >I have a weird situation. Two machines are SONY laptop
> running WindowsME
> >and a SONY desktop running WindowsXP. They are networked
> through a router,
> >which is connected to the cable modem.
> >
> >Yesterday, the ME laptop's internet explorer became
> unstable. It couldn't
> >access websites but could access the e-mail server. I
> was able to access
> >the laptop's file system from the XP desktop.
> >
> >Then, after doing 'windows update' and applying some of
> the available
> >patches, the ME laptop completely lost internet
> connection - no website or
> >e-mail access at all. No longer can the XP desktop
> access the ME laptop's
> >file system, although the 3 laptop drives do show up in
> the XP's network
> >neighborhood.
> >
> >Thank you much if you can help.
> >Yvonne
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Hi Carey,

Thank you very much for referring me to your site. (It took a while to get
to this issue.) I followed the tips, specifically #1, 3 and 4. ME laptop
was still dead to internet connection. When looking into System
Properties - Device Manager, the Intel(R) pro/100 VE network connection has
a yellow exclamation mark on it. I don't think it's a driver update issue
because ME's internet connection worked for 2.5 years. Do you think I need
a new laptop network card?

Thanks,
yt
================================================== =====

"YT" <anne-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> I have a weird situation. Two machines are SONY laptop running WindowsME
> and a SONY desktop running WindowsXP. They are networked through a
router,
> which is connected to the cable modem.
>
> Yesterday, the ME laptop's internet explorer became unstable. It couldn't
> access websites but could access the e-mail server. I was able to access
> the laptop's file system from the XP desktop.
>
> Then, after doing 'windows update' and applying some of the available
> patches, the ME laptop completely lost internet connection - no website or
> e-mail access at all. No longer can the XP desktop access the ME laptop's
> file system, although the 3 laptop drives do show up in the XP's network
> neighborhood.
>
> Thank you much if you can help.
> Yvonne
>
>

After removing the device, reboot, re-install device, network connection is
now o.k.
yt

"YT" <anne-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Carey,
>
> Thank you very much for referring me to your site. (It took a while to
get
> to this issue.) I followed the tips, specifically #1, 3 and 4. ME laptop
> was still dead to internet connection. When looking into System
> Properties - Device Manager, the Intel(R) pro/100 VE network connection
has
> a yellow exclamation mark on it. I don't think it's a driver update issue
> because ME's internet connection worked for 2.5 years. Do you think I
need
> a new laptop network card?
>
> Thanks,
> yt
> ================================================== =====
>
> "YT" <anne-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a weird situation. Two machines are SONY laptop running
WindowsME
> > and a SONY desktop running WindowsXP. They are networked through a
> router,
> > which is connected to the cable modem.
> >
> > Yesterday, the ME laptop's internet explorer became unstable. It
couldn't
> > access websites but could access the e-mail server. I was able to
access
> > the laptop's file system from the XP desktop.
> >
> > Then, after doing 'windows update' and applying some of the available
> > patches, the ME laptop completely lost internet connection - no website
or
> > e-mail access at all. No longer can the XP desktop access the ME
laptop's
> > file system, although the 3 laptop drives do show up in the XP's network
> > neighborhood.
> >
> > Thank you much if you can help.
> > Yvonne
> >
> >
>
>

I recommend reinstalling the driver - if the problem persists, it still may
be a configuration issue but it might be faster (and cheaper in the long
run) to replace it if this is the case.

Carey

"YT" <anne-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Carey,
>
> Thank you very much for referring me to your site. (It took a while to
get
> to this issue.) I followed the tips, specifically #1, 3 and 4. ME laptop
> was still dead to internet connection. When looking into System
> Properties - Device Manager, the Intel(R) pro/100 VE network connection
has
> a yellow exclamation mark on it. I don't think it's a driver update issue
> because ME's internet connection worked for 2.5 years. Do you think I
need
> a new laptop network card?
>
> Thanks,
> yt
> ================================================== =====
>
> "YT" <anne-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a weird situation. Two machines are SONY laptop running
WindowsME
> > and a SONY desktop running WindowsXP. They are networked through a
> router,
> > which is connected to the cable modem.
> >
> > Yesterday, the ME laptop's internet explorer became unstable. It
couldn't
> > access websites but could access the e-mail server. I was able to
access
> > the laptop's file system from the XP desktop.
> >
> > Then, after doing 'windows update' and applying some of the available
> > patches, the ME laptop completely lost internet connection - no website
or
> > e-mail access at all. No longer can the XP desktop access the ME
laptop's
> > file system, although the 3 laptop drives do show up in the XP's network
> > neighborhood.
> >
> > Thank you much if you can help.
> > Yvonne
> >
> >
>
>

Excellent! Thanks for the update!

Carey

"Yvonne Tsai" <anne-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> After removing the device, reboot, re-install device, network connection
is
> now o.k.
> yt
>
> "YT" <anne-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi Carey,
> >
> > Thank you very much for referring me to your site. (It took a while to
> get
> > to this issue.) I followed the tips, specifically #1, 3 and 4. ME
laptop
> > was still dead to internet connection. When looking into System
> > Properties - Device Manager, the Intel(R) pro/100 VE network connection
> has
> > a yellow exclamation mark on it. I don't think it's a driver update
issue
> > because ME's internet connection worked for 2.5 years. Do you think I
> need
> > a new laptop network card?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > yt
> > ================================================== =====
> >
> > "YT" <anne-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have a weird situation. Two machines are SONY laptop running
> WindowsME
> > > and a SONY desktop running WindowsXP. They are networked through a
> > router,
> > > which is connected to the cable modem.
> > >
> > > Yesterday, the ME laptop's internet explorer became unstable. It
> couldn't
> > > access websites but could access the e-mail server. I was able to
> access
> > > the laptop's file system from the XP desktop.
> > >
> > > Then, after doing 'windows update' and applying some of the available
> > > patches, the ME laptop completely lost internet connection - no
website
> or
> > > e-mail access at all. No longer can the XP desktop access the ME
> laptop's
> > > file system, although the 3 laptop drives do show up in the XP's
network
> > > neighborhood.
> > >
> > > Thank you much if you can help.
> > > Yvonne
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>