minneola24
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Does this apply to computers connecting to the internet through wires and not wireless? I am just using the motherboard I believe.
No matter if you "use the MB" or a separate NIC card, a NIC is your only way to connect using wired (ethernet).Does this apply to computers connecting to the internet through wires and not wireless? I am just using the motherboard I believe.
No matter if you "use the MB" or a separate NIC card, a NIC is your only way to connect using wired (ethernet).
Run Belarc Advisor to find out your NIC maker. It is probably not made by your MB maker, but a separate third party like Broadcom.
You could also run device manager in XP and see what your card is.
Device manager will tell you if your card is running ok or whether it needs drivers.
To get to device manager create a shortcut to it.
Right click a blank area of your desktop and choose new>shortcut. In the "type the location of the item:" field
copy the below command to that field
C:\WINDOWS\system32\devmgmt.msc
click next and then finish and you will have a brand new shortcut to Device Manager on your desktop.
You still didn't answer my question, where did you get the drivers you needed when you first installed XP?
He must have previously located the drivers you need before installing XP.Thanks, I will try to run that software in a little bit.
And I must have missed your question but when I first installed XP was about a year ago and a friend of mine helped build and setup my computer so I don't have that information in front of me, sorry.
He must have previously located the drivers you need before installing XP.
Found this using the info you provided about you MB earlier.This from the intel website for your MB model.
XP Pro
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/fil...+XP+Professional&lang=eng&strOSs=44&submit=Go!
XP Home
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/fil...+XP+Home+Edition&lang=eng&strOSs=45&submit=Go!
I didn't know your XP version so choose the appropriate link above.
These are all the drivers available for your MB including a BIOS update and your NIC (LAN) adapter.
According to Newegg you should have recieved a driver disk along with your MB but the drivers listed on the Intel web site are the very latest, use them.
In XP create a folder in C:\ and name it XP drivers or something like that. Then boot Win 7 and use your internet connection to download the drivers from Intel and save them to the folder you created in XP.
Alternatively save them to an appropriately sized thumb drive.
Install them in XP and that should take care of that.