First off most of the things I am gonna suggest is gonna be in the cmd prompt, in case if you don't know how to get there, start>Run>CMD

okay first off I want you to run IPCONFIG /ALL and copy that in here, then run the command Netsh Winsock reset Catalog,

If that doesn't work then get the latest BIOS flash, as well as the latest driver for the ethernet adapter....

Ryan

Thankyou Ryan its 10 pm, so I'LL try this in the A.M and let you know along w/ info. Thxs KLAS7

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Settings\>        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255                                                              'Subnet' is not recognized as an internal or external command,                  operable program or batch file.                                                                                                                                 C:\Documents and Settings\>        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 'Default' is not recognized as an internal or external command,                 operable program or batch file.                                                                                                                                 C:\Documents and Settings\>                                         C:\Documents and Settings\>C:\Documents and Settings\>Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]                                           'C:\Documents' is not recognized as an internal or external command,            operable program or batch 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Ryan, here is what I got after I did the IPCONFIG/all, I"m goinhg in circles, feel I a idea media is discxn but can't place my finger on it, after I downloaded MS updates Thats when this problem showed up, even did it to my sons CPU and after I downloaded MS updates  his system has the same thing, all I have is dial up,  have gone thru network trouble shoot in M/S , DELL, along w/ info from my CPU System, any clue of how to remedy this any help would be greatly appriciated also if u can go by the steps would be helpful thats if u have the time  thxs again   brgds KLAS7     P.S I deleted only my cpu name along w/ ip address on the above info that u requested .

Does your ip address start with 169 and is the ip address on the Local Area Connection 3?

Do you only use dial-up access. (not dsl or cable)?

If you only use dial-up access, then 169.x.x.x ip address and the red X for the local area connection are expected and would be no problem.

When did this start if it was in the last seven to ten days, I would suggest to use the system restore, this way if it was a software failure then it will take it back to when it was working, if it doesn't work I would suggest looking at getting a pcmcia replacement or if you are still in service a mobo, if you are feeling lucky the best way to determine a hardware failure, would be an OSRI, then install the drivers in the correct order

(Dell Portable system software, Chipset, video, Audio, Network, wirless, touchpad, etc.)

ryan

Ryan,

I believe the OS was already re-installed from what I understood in the messages.

Ryan, Still trouble shooting, local cxn 3 has a red x, discxn disabled attempted to cxn nothing .has a pro 100 ve net work, while my internet cnx is on a conexant smarthsfi v 9.x 56k speakerphone pci modem, been looking at the advance settings of firewall cnx see if problem is there, FYI  unable to get a cxn w/ local area cxn 3  ,, but most times w/ cxn address starts w/ 4....,... etc, When this started is when I rcvd updtes from M/S last Oct 2005, and have been trouble shooting ever since,  I did restore and , it work , but had ohter problems  w cpu  but in the process of troubleshooting  re. sve host, windows installer service, appcompat.txt, install sp2, and a generic host process w32 services last year, this is only problem I have so this is where I am this year wherebye I reinstalled windows, and trying to correct this time out problem. so I had  it corrected/ then correcting the rest which I did I only to have this issued still presented. thxs for your help, so far I appriciated this. klas7