Ok here we go. I just had to put a new hard drive in to an Inspiron 1100, due to the old one crashed. I put Winxp pro back on, and started loading drivers. My problem is that my network card will not work. XP will find it and install the driver and it say’s it working properly in the device manager but i get the message that a network cable is unplugged. ipconfig say’s media state media disconnected. I have tried unistalling and reinstalling the network card updateing the driver rolling back the driver but to no avail. also i have switched cables i have used different ethernet ports in the office. Now i have been told that if you can ping 127.0.0.1 that your network card is working and i can ping that address.
I need this computer up and running by Monday, I hope i make the deadline.
thanks
