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Post July 6th, 2009, 11:45 am

Hi, I recently formatted my HDD and re-installed XP, now for some reason my PC doesnt connect to the internet at all, have tried ipconfig/release and /renew to no avail, set up network ok, connects to home network but IE keeps telling me it has no internet connection, am I missing something? Just about to kick the case out the window!
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Post July 6th, 2009, 11:45 am

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Post July 6th, 2009, 4:00 pm

Like so many other people, you forgot to make sure that you had the hardware drivers before you reinstalled.
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Post July 7th, 2009, 4:02 am

Sorry have installed all drivers. Unless there is hardware in my computer that I dont know about?
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Post July 7th, 2009, 6:06 am

Gord - that's most likely the case. Go into Control Panel > System > Hardware tab > Device Manager. Expand the Network Adapters node and see if you see anything with a yellow symbol next to it. If so, that's an indicator that you have either the wrong or no driver for the device installed.
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Post July 7th, 2009, 6:27 am

Look at the device manager, network adapters. Are there any yellow or red marks there?
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