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Ok.. Things I have learned. (and i do have it working) 1. Always make a restore point before you start something like this. I believe the inplace upgrade that I performed earlier removed the last few days (months) of restore points. Fortunately I had uninstalled something after the upgrade, so...

It just gets better :) IE wont start, Right Click My Computer ->Properties ->Error System Restore only has a single restore point. (hoping using it will show more - or atleast give me back ie and computer properties etc..) (but I can configure my network adaptors and the red x has gone..)...

hahaha rotflmao -> now ie 8 won't stay running :) thank god for firefox etc.. wtf

I still have the Red X - but now I can actually see (and configure) my network adapters!!! solution (from KB-825826) advanced options.. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then press ENTER. Locate and then click the following registry subkey...

Same.. :( Any other thoughts are more than welcome!!!

wouldn't you believe it.. IT still didn't work :) I even did an inplace upgrade from windows home premium to windiow ultimate. ARGH!!! - back to hacking the registry (maybe) - and system restores (probably) I have started (yesterday) performing steps outlined in kb825826 - didn't get to...

Merc, thanks for that suggestion. I will give it a go and reply to the thread. It is amazing what i have tried so far. (most comming from one or another technet/microsoft site/forum) None of it has helped. I have had to do atleast 2 system restores. One "fix" i tried had me change a service's...

I have exactly the same issue. If I click on "Change adapter settings" in the "Network and Sharing center" nothing shows up. THe little network icon in the system tray shows an X. I have both a wirelss network adaptor and built in 10/100 adapter. They both work and get ip addresses and allow...