WINME NETWORKING PROBLEMS

Hi,
A friend gave me her old (Compaq Presario 1200) laptop to see if I could
straighten out her networking, which now isn't working at all.

She originally was running AOL as her online source through dialup
networking ( ! ), but gave it to an acquaintance to see if he could get
highspeed capability, and he has returned the laptop with a 3Com PC Card and
a dongle to connect it with an ethernet cable. I've tried my cable modem with
the card after trying to install a driver for it, but get an error message re
no DHCP; this after trying START-->Run-->winipcfg-->select 3Com card. When I
try to "release all," I'm notified that release is already in progress, and
when I try to "renew all," I get the message about the DHCP.

Another change she noticed when her sys was originally returned by the
acquaintance was a choice she was forced to make on boot for either F1 (Boot)
or F10 (Computer Setup). Before, it booted right to the desktop.

Can anyone help? THANKS in advance

Here is her BelArc profile, FWIW:

Computer Name: Default (in OEMWORKGROUP)
Profile Date: Saturday, August 05, 2006 8:13:10 AM
Advisor Version: 7.1h
Windows Logon: default


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Operating System System Model
Windows Millennium Edition (build 4.90.3000) Compaq Presario 0F0F
System Serial Number: 1V09FP4FK3BL
Enclosure Type: Notebook
Processor a Main Circuit Board b
600 megahertz Intel Celeron
32 kilobyte primary memory cache
128 kilobyte secondary memory cache Board: Compaq 06B8h Rev.A
BIOS: Phoenix Technologies LTD 4.06 11/27/2001
Drives Memory Modules c,d
6.00 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity
3.18 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-C2502
Generic floppy disk drive (3.5")

Generic IDE hard disk drive (6.00 GB) -- drive 0, No SMART Driver 188
Megabytes Installed Memory
Local Drive Volumes

c: (FAT32 on drive 0) 4.53 GB 2.94 GB free
d: (FAT32 on drive 0) 1.47 GB 241 MB free

Network Drives
None detected
Users (mouse over user name for details) Printers
default
None detected
Controllers Display
Standard Floppy Disk Controller
Primary IDE controller (dual fifo)
Secondary IDE controller (dual fifo)
VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller Trident CyberBlade i1 AGP (77)
Default Monitor (2x)
Bus Adapters Multimedia
VIA Tech 3038 PCI to USB Universal Host Controller VIA PCI Audio Controller
(WDM)
Communications Other Devices

3Com Megahertz 10/100 LAN CardBus PC Card
Physical Address: 00:10:4B:E3:2A:10
Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Synaptics PS/2 TouchPad
USB Root Hub
Virus Protection
No details available
Missing Microsoft Security Hotfixes
No details available
Installed Microsoft Hotfixes
None detected

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Software Licenses

Belarc - Advisor dc2e8c56
Microsoft - Internet Explorer 52782-OEM-0009147-00560 (Key:
HKBGC-GMVF9-JQDQD-CY93V-FTR8Y)e
Microsoft - MediaPlayer 52782-OEM-0009147-00560 (Key:
HKBGC-GMVF9-JQDQD-CY93V-FTR8Y)e
Microsoft - Money 2000 51611-OEM-5203092-87765
Microsoft - Office 2000 Premium 50106-010-6440833-02071
Microsoft - Windows Millennium Edition 52782-OEM-0009147-00560 (Key:
HKBGC-GMVF9-JQDQD-CY93V-FTR8Y)e
Microsoft - Works 2000 22300-OEM-0000007-00000 (Key:
TM66R-2Q86K-HXPBD-CQ9TR-9WTQY)e

Software Versions (mouse over * for details, click * for location)
Belarc, Inc. - Advisor Version 7.1h *
Cinematronics - 3D Pinball Version 4.90.3000.1 *
Compaq Computer Corp. - CPQInet Version 2, 2, 0, 0 *
Compaq Computer Corporation - CPQINET Version 2, 1, 0, 0 *
Compaq Computer Corporation - CPQINET Version 2, 2, 0, 0 *
Compaq Computer Corporation - Easy Access Cleanup Application Version
5.00.349 *
Compaq Computer Corporation - SCCenter Module Version 1, 0, 0, 15 *
Compaq Easy Access Button Support Version 6.00.007 *
Eastman Software, Inc., A Kodak Business - Imaging for Windows® Version
1.01.1312 *
Encarta Online Application Version 1, 0, 0, 1 *
Mediamatics, Inc. - DVDExpress Version 5.00.008.07 *
Microsoft (r) PCHealth Version 4.90.0.2525 *
Microsoft (r) Windows Script Host Version 5.1.0.4615 *
Microsoft Clip Gallery Version 5.1.00.1221 *
Microsoft Corporation - DirectShow Version 6.4.07.1112 *
Microsoft Corporation - Internet Explorer Version 5.50.4134.100 *
Microsoft Corporation - MSN Gaming Zone Version 1.00.523.4 * Microsoft
Corporation - MSN(tm) Messenger Service Version 2.2 *
Microsoft Corporation - Spider Version 2, 0, 0, 1 *
Microsoft Corporation - Windows Installer Version 1.20.1410.0 *
Microsoft Corporation - Windows Movie Maker Version 1.0.1376.0 *
Microsoft Corporation - Windows® NetMeeting® Version 3.01 *
Microsoft Money Version 8.00.0731 *
Microsoft Office 2000 Version 9.0.2719 *
Microsoft Outlook Version 9.0.2416 *
Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows Version 9.0.2716 *
Microsoft(R) Windows Media Player Version 7.00.00.1440 *
Microsoft® Access Version 9.0.2719 *
Microsoft® FrontPage® 2000 Version 4.0.2.2717 *
Microsoft® Internet Services Version 6.1.33.0 *
Microsoft® Works 2000 Version 5.00.2002.0 *
PREVIEWCLIENT Application Version 1, 0, 0, 1 *
Synaptics, Inc. - Progressive Touch Version 5.0.80 20Jun00 *

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a. Megahertz measurement may be inaccurate if other programs were busy
during last analysis.
b. Data may be transferred on the bus at one, two, or four times the Bus
Clock rate.
c. Memory slot contents may not add up to Installed Memory if some memory is
not recognized by Windows.
d. Memory slot contents is reported by the motherboard BIOS. Contact system
vendor if slot contents are wrong.
e. This may be the manufacturer's factory installed product key rather than
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