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DHCP not responding – limited or no connectivity
LockedI ran into a problem the other day which really wasted a lot of my time. The computer says – Limited or no connectivity. I ran winsock fixes, installed a new network card, reset router, installed microsoft patches, and then installed windows xp sp2… of which none of these fixed the problem. Norton Anti-Virus was never on the computer. My internet connections worked fine with the other 4 computers. What I am wondering is, what causes this to happen? Registry glitch, file problems, or some other thing that I overlooked?
I did the following to resolve the issue, does anyone else have any steps that they may have performed first?
note: this computer had a modem in it, and was setup with verizon.net dial-up, but never used. they were unable to get the internet to work. I installed a new network card, dlink 10/100, and a 3com 905b that I knew worked good.
-removed verizon dial-up dun link
-changed ie to never dial a connection
-setup automatic proxy detectionthen started the following:
-installed new network patch cable
-installed new network card
-ran winsock fix tool
-ran command netsh int ip reset reset.txt
-ran command netsh winsock reset
-ran command netsh firewall reset
-ran microsoft patch 80xxx something update
-ran winsock fix
-backup winsock keys
-ran regedit, deleted winsock, winsock2 keys
-reboot
-deleted drivers for card
-re-installed network drivers
-installed ipx/spx
-installed tcp/ip under windows\inf folder
-reboot
-installed windows xp sp2
-virus scanned hard drive with two different
programs, while hard drive was removed from the original pc system
-installed hard drive again
-ran winsock fix tool
-flushed dns
-reboot
-installed a different patch cable
-installed original new network card
-all to no success
last resort
-repair from boot xp disc
-no good—> the verdict, I could not figure out what the problem was…
final report – re-install windows xp home and all other software – finally fixed!
are there any other tests or recourse that a person can take? is there a registry tool that will reset the registry to how it was when xp was installed? if not, why is this not possible?
has anyone else ever ran into this problem?
I am thinking that it would have been quicker to just re-install the software again.I know other people experience this same problem, because I spent 5 hours searching for answers, and never found an answer.
Please assist! Thank-you