Problems with Conncetion to Internet

What do you use to get online? DSL? Cable? Dial-up? Who is your provider?

What kind of error, if any are you getting? Do you have a valid IP address (in Win 98, run winipcfg and look for the IP on your ethernet adapter; in 2000 through XP run cmd and then type in ipconfig in DOS to tell. Let me know what the first numbers are. examples: 192.x.x.x 69.x.x.x; 169.x.x.x; etc)

I use yahoo sbc dsl, it was an error that is hard to describe, it was all scribbled and fuzy horizontal lines and i saw some words but were too hard to read. the words were like shrinked down in size and all scattered. 169.x.x.x is first ip numbers.

right now i'm on my bro's laptop so i know it's not the dsl modem.... i'm wondering what i'm missing because i have reinstalled my computer many times and it goes online all the time, but this time it doesn't after that attack from that virus. i ran my windows xp without the cables for my dsl on in case they could do something. i dunno what to do and usually i fix everything...

i doubled it because i am desperate...

when the system was rebuilt, did you format the drive and MBR???
Could it have been a NIC card problem?
Before I rebuild a system, I securely wipe the drive with a scrubber. Too many times I just used format, or fdisk/format that still retained info from the previous install.
Also, if it is an MBR virus, the MBR needs to be formatted as well, or you dont get rid of it.
Another thought is to try another NIC card. See if the problem persists
And then again, maybe updating all of the patches for XP and the NIC driver may resolve the problem.
If not, try cleaning TCP/IP by
start -- run --
netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt
then try again.
Make sure that the IE settings are correct. Most likely UNCHECK Everything (including autodetect).

well, i went to fdisk and deleted the partition and made it to new using all the amount, i might sound like a amature, but i don't get the concept of how to reformat mbr, master boot recrod... something i really didn't pay attention to in computer system class.. my nic card has always worked but after that trojan.. nothing has been the same. i even opened the tower and cleaned it in case the inside was dirty. i'm not sure how to format my mbr so i need some help on that. i checked some sites but they say linux and win xp pro... but i have win xp home. the thing is i can't get online because if i could i wouldn't be posting, in network connection i see it as connected but i go to internet explor and it does nothing but tell me it's not connected.. i even have a website sbc gave me that if i can't connect, it'll take me to it and i can connect from there, and it doesn't work, which that tells me something is wrong... i typed what u said to clearn my TCP/IP but am wondering does it just show a black box like dos, and go away.. that IE unchecked thing i always do so i know that's not the problem.

I agree with above, I think you should try another nic card, maybe the one you have has coincidentally given out. For 15 - 20 $ I think it's worth a try. If not then you can simply return it.

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