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10-15-2009
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| | Re: Vista and ethernet trouble Please repost your inquiry in the new Windows Vista Forum: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...y/windowsvista Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design wrote: Quote: > Hi all, > A very strange problem has suddenly started that I cannot account for > on my desktop system with Vista Ultimate. It has worked without trouble > up till a couple of weeks ago when shortly after downloading and > installing a number of security patches thru Microsoft update, my > ethernet card used to hook up to my cable modem stopped working. A red > X appears on the try icon for networks when ever I start up. > I've tried everything, even downloading and installing a new driver > from Nvidia, but the only way I can get it working, is to go into the > Device Manager upon boot up, uninstalling the driver, then running the > Nvidia ethernet driver installation. Then upon restarting the system > everything works fine again! But the next time I shut down and restart, > I have to go thru the entire driver installation process again! > Evidently the driver is correct because it works fine after > re-installing, but something is definitely preventing the driver from > connecting as it should on startup. Could the sequence of driver > startups have anything to do with it? Is there anyway I can alter this > sequence so that the driver is installed at startup before all the > others? Is there another driver...from Microsoft...I could try? Any > help would be greatly appreciated! > |
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10-20-2009
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| | Re: Vista and ethernet trouble why "Leroy" <leroy@newsgroup> wrote in message news:4AD73CB2.7020701@newsgroup Quote: > Please repost your inquiry in the new Windows Vista Forum: > http://social.answers.microsoft.com/...y/windowsvista > > > Robert Meek dba Tangentals Design wrote: Quote: >> Hi all, >> A very strange problem has suddenly started that I cannot account for >> on my desktop system with Vista Ultimate. It has worked without trouble >> up till a couple of weeks ago when shortly after downloading and >> installing a number of security patches thru Microsoft update, my >> ethernet card used to hook up to my cable modem stopped working. A red X >> appears on the try icon for networks when ever I start up. >> I've tried everything, even downloading and installing a new driver >> from Nvidia, but the only way I can get it working, is to go into the >> Device Manager upon boot up, uninstalling the driver, then running the >> Nvidia ethernet driver installation. Then upon restarting the system >> everything works fine again! But the next time I shut down and restart, >> I have to go thru the entire driver installation process again! >> Evidently the driver is correct because it works fine after >> re-installing, but something is definitely preventing the driver from >> connecting as it should on startup. Could the sequence of driver >> startups have anything to do with it? Is there anyway I can alter this >> sequence so that the driver is installed at startup before all the >> others? Is there another driver...from Microsoft...I could try? Any >> help would be greatly appreciated! >> |
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