no network connections

I am so at a loss. Let me explain. I leave my server
one night and come back a day later to find that I can't
do any networking on it. First sign of trouble... The
Service or Driver failed to load at startup. Which
indicated a unplanned reboot while I was away. Then I
can't access the internet. I try Internet Options ->
Connections and I get this error:
An exception occurred while trying to
run "c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll,
Control_Run.DLL "C:\windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl",
Internet Options
Next, I try to open Internet Explorer again only to find
that immediately closes. (without me pressing anything)
There's more. I have two NIC cards, but I open Network
Connections and it's totally empty. Just a simple white
background box. The NICs are "working properly"
according to Device Manager. I even tryed removing and
disabling the NICs to see if hardward was the problem.
NOPE... not even. It's not a virus. I ran an updated
virus scan. I'm at a loss. Help!

Hi,

try this:

How to reset "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) " in Windows Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=317518

Note, this will completely reset your TCP/IP Settings (e.g. erase manual IP
configuration and set NIC to DHCP,...)

I hope this helps,

Mike

"MrGreen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:86e101c4784e$83793f00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I am so at a loss. Let me explain. I leave my server
> one night and come back a day later to find that I can't
> do any networking on it. First sign of trouble... The
> Service or Driver failed to load at startup. Which
> indicated a unplanned reboot while I was away. Then I
> can't access the internet. I try Internet Options ->
> Connections and I get this error:
> An exception occurred while trying to
> run "c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll,
> Control_Run.DLL "C:\windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl",
> Internet Options
> Next, I try to open Internet Explorer again only to find
> that immediately closes. (without me pressing anything)
> There's more. I have two NIC cards, but I open Network
> Connections and it's totally empty. Just a simple white
> background box. The NICs are "working properly"
> according to Device Manager. I even tryed removing and
> disabling the NICs to see if hardward was the problem.
> NOPE... not even. It's not a virus. I ran an updated
> virus scan. I'm at a loss. Help!

I've seen similar issues with spyware. I had to use a utility called
LSP-Fix, it can found at http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm (use at your own
risk). You'll probably want to run Hijackthis to clean up the
malware/spyware that did this as well.

"Miha Pihler" <mihap-(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> try this:
>
> How to reset "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) " in Windows Server 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=317518
>
> Note, this will completely reset your TCP/IP Settings (e.g. erase manual
IP
> configuration and set NIC to DHCP,...)
>
> I hope this helps,
>
> Mike
>
> "MrGreen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:86e101c4784e$83793f00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I am so at a loss. Let me explain. I leave my server
> > one night and come back a day later to find that I can't
> > do any networking on it. First sign of trouble... The
> > Service or Driver failed to load at startup. Which
> > indicated a unplanned reboot while I was away. Then I
> > can't access the internet. I try Internet Options ->
> > Connections and I get this error:
> > An exception occurred while trying to
> > run "c:\windows\system32\shell32.dll,
> > Control_Run.DLL "C:\windows\system32\inetcpl.cpl",
> > Internet Options
> > Next, I try to open Internet Explorer again only to find
> > that immediately closes. (without me pressing anything)
> > There's more. I have two NIC cards, but I open Network
> > Connections and it's totally empty. Just a simple white
> > background box. The NICs are "working properly"
> > according to Device Manager. I even tryed removing and
> > disabling the NICs to see if hardward was the problem.
> > NOPE... not even. It's not a virus. I ran an updated
> > virus scan. I'm at a loss. Help!
>
>