Odd problem, first time seeing it; network adapter issue

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Cabanaboy

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Computer is running XP SP3; anti-virus is Security Essentials.

On December 12, (Judging by dates on everything that relies on an internet connection to see the date) The internet on a friend's computer stopped working. Up until that point, they had been having trouble where everytime they wanted to connect to the internet, they had to go through the IE diagnostic tool/fix. They also reported Security Essentials would not update properly.

They called their ISP and their ISP did a bunch of stuff on their end and said that the computer is technically connected to the internet, and that the computer needs a clean-up. That's where I come in.

I tried starting in safe mode, but MSE won't update in safe mode even with networking enabled. I then noticed even in safe mode, I wasn't able to connect to anything.

Off to the control panel I go. Found the connection, and it shows it is connected and working fine. Hmmm, router restart? Did it. So then I went into properties to see if I could manually refresh to connection under TCP/IP and low and behold, I get this : In order to configure TCP/IP, you must install and enable a network adapter card.

Which is fine, I am assuming the drivers for the NVIDIA nForce netowkring controller got deleted by a virus or bad service on the ISP's side.

My question is though, how do I go about getting said drivers without an internet connection on the problem PC? Can I get dedicated drivers from NVIDIA for the device, or is it one of those things where I need to OS/MoBo CD with the drivers on to repair?

Thanks!
 
Its sounds like a software problem with the computer, have to tried to connect another computer through that router?

If you dont have CD and you can't download your stuck. You need friend to download 4 u on another computer and transfer to yours.
 
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Shlouski said:
Its sounds like a software problem with the computer, have to tried to connect another computer through that router?

If you dont have CD and you can't download your stuck. You need friend to download 4 u on another computer and transfer to yours.
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I have both my main PC and the problem PC running on my network right now. It's here at my place.

I'm downloading 'A' driver setup now that I'll install via USB, but the problem is the NVIDIA card is an on-board setup and so generic there is no indicator of what it really is. I checked their archived stuff too and to no avail.

I have another question. It almost seems like the card is properly working, but lacking the TCP/IP protocol(s) to communicate. I'm going to see what to do about that, maybe install and test a protocol to see if that got deleted in the path of a virus or over the phone tech support. EDIT: NM, it needs to drivers to do anything like that.
 
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If you download the driver for your specific mobo, then it should include all the drivers you need for your mobo, including the lan card, so you dont need to know its brand or model. What mobo do you have?
 
Compaq Presario, I actually just uninstalled and reinstalled the adapter and I haz internet! I still have an assload of of stuff to do on it...
 
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Shlouski said:
im glad its workin, hope it stays that way.
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So let it scan while I was at work, I couldn't help but :eek: and laugh at this when I came back:

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That is what, close to 10% of the files on the computer were infections haha.
 
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