Windows 2000 pro

[Said1]

A friend just installed windows 2000 pro on her computer and now can't get back on-line, something about a net work card? Any suggestions?

[CockySOB]

What brand of computer did she install it on, or what type of motherboard does she have?

[-Cp]

Sure.... she would need to install the Windows 2000 drivers for that network card - then it should work fine..

[Said1]

Sure.... she would need to install the Windows 2000 drivers for that network card - then it should work fine..

That's what I thought. I suppose I need to know what type of net work card she has in order ot find the right driver, right? PLS say no...............

[-Cp]

That's what I thought. I suppose I need to know what type of net work card she has in order ot find the right driver, right? PLS say no...............

Yup - you would..... However, it's more probable that the network card is integrated on the motherboard which means you'd either need to:

A: Look up the system model number on the OEM's website (e.g. Dell, Compaq, HP etc) - go to their support page for that particular PC and get the network drivers.

or

B: If it's not a system from a major OEM, go to the company's website who made the motherboard and go to the driver support page for that board and snag the networking drivers.

[jimnyc]

-Cp beat me to it, excellent advice!

Tell your friend to dump 2000 and go to XP!

[-Cp]

-Cp beat me to it, excellent advice!

Tell your friend to dump 2000 and go to XP!

Yeah.. XP would be a far better solution for her - and it more than likely would have the drivers built-in to it for her hardware.

[CockySOB]

-Cp beat me to it, excellent advice!

Tell your friend to dump 2000 and go to XP!

Yeah, XP does a better job of auto-detecting the hardware and comes with a better assortment of drivers out of the box.

But if she's stuck with Win2K, just let us know either the make and model of her computer, or the make/model of her motherboard and we should be able to get her going.

[Mr. P]

How does a network card have anything to do with getting on-line? Unless you're running a LAN to start with.

[CockySOB]

How does a network card have anything to do with getting on-line? Unless you're running a LAN to start with.

Cable, DSL and wireless modems typically provide an ethernet connection to facilitate connecting them to a router to distribute the connection. While USB connections are also available on many models of these modems, they are becoming less prevalent in the marketplace as just about everyone runs a network these days.

Oh yeah, some internal modem cards present themselves as a network interface card under Windows detection, despite the fact you and I would probably refer to them as modem cards. (Dial-up modems are the exception here, although they get treated as a special class of network interface card by the Windows OS,)

OK, I've had my geeky moment. Time to check the brats on the grill....

[jimnyc]

Yeah.. XP would be a far better solution for her - and it more than likely would have the drivers built-in to it for her hardware.

Exactamundo! That was my line of thinking.

How does a network card have anything to do with getting on-line? Unless you're running a LAN to start with.

Either you have a modem with a MAC address, and you get assigned an IP address when you dial in, or you have a network card attached to your cable/dsl modem that has a MAC address and gets assigned an IP address. NO IP, no connecty!

[theHawk]

A friend just installed windows 2000 pro on her computer and now can't get back on-line, something about a net work card? Any suggestions?

what is the exact error she is getting? Is there a Local Area Connection icon in her Network Connections? If so what are the settings under its properties?

A quick way to see if she is pulling a valid IP is to do a Start > Run, type in cmd and hit OK. Should pop open a command line window. Type in ipconfig/all , this will show your domain, ip address, dns ect. If the ip address is 0.0.0.0 or a 169.xx.xx.xx then she has no network connection and will need to check the NIC settings.

[Mr. P]

Cable, DSL and wireless modems typically provide an ethernet connection to facilitate connecting them to a router to distribute the connection. While USB connections are also available on many models of these modems, they are becoming less prevalent in the marketplace as just about everyone runs a network these days.

Oh yeah, some internal modem cards present themselves as a network interface card under Windows detection, despite the fact you and I would probably refer to them as modem cards. (Dial-up modems are the exception here, although they get treated as a special class of network interface card by the Windows OS,)

OK, I've had my geeky moment. Time to check the brats on the grill....

Either you have a modem with a MAC address, and you get assigned an IP address when you dial in, or you have a network card attached to your cable/dsl modem that has a MAC address and gets assigned an IP address. NO IP, no connecty!

I know, I just didn’t see enough information to give advice.. All we have is she 'now' can't connect after installing win 2000pro, upgrade? Is she on a LAN or not? Was everything fine beforehand? Lots of questions to answer before I’d say card or drivers. I mean if she went from win2000 to pro all the drivers would still be there. I would think all settings would also remain, although I've never heard much good about 2000 at all. I'd have to ask; WTF were you thinking when you installed Win 2000?!! I wouldn't be a popular repair person.

[Said1]

She has a samsung thinkmaster 955ds. That's second hand info from her daughter, I hope she got it right.

[-Cp]

She has a samsung thinkmaster 955ds. That's second hand info from her daughter, I hope she got it right.

Heh.. that's the model # of her monitor not her PC....