i should recommend that you congure up michelson and morley, as the defined the non existance of ether.
At 05:59 PM 9/9/2008, you wrote: >Thanks for all the helpful tips. I now have the computer up and >running, but a different problem has emerged. The on-board Ethernet >connection doesn't work. It was working fine the last time the >computer was running. As a work-a-round, I've put in a wireless PCI >board to get the needed updates and AVG. I've never seen this happen >before on any computer. > >Any ideas on what might be going on with the on-board Ethernet connection? > >Richard P. > > > Richard P.wrote: >> This is a followup from my earlier post (see below). The computer has >> crashed again with the exact same error since then and it has been >> suggested that either the hard drive or controller might be the >> problem. The new diagnostic info is that immediately before failure, a >> high pitched whistle or scream was heard coming from the hard drive. >> The computer was on over night with AVG doing it's nightly sweep. I >> now have the computer in my possession which won't boot up, and I >> would like suggestion on the best way to proceed. My thought was to >> install a new hard drive and then reinstall the operating system. >> Comments and suggestions please. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> Richard P. >> >> My relative's Windows PC has come up this morning with a registry >> error (Windows XP could not start because the following file is >> missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM) and the computer >> is recommending repair. >> >> What might cause this to have happened? >> >> Windows XP, SP2 >> Compaq PC >> > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************