Did you do a clean install prior to installing WinXP SP3?
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Device Manager and Network Connections may be blank after you install
Windows XP Service Pack 3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953791
Device Manager may not show any devices and Network Connections may not show
any network connections after you install Windows XP Service Pack 3
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/953979
Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for
Windows XP, but only for Service Pack 3 (SP3), until 14 Apr-09. Chat and
e-mail support is available only in the United States and Canada.
• US:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...3&gprid=522131
• CA:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...3&gprid=522131
• UK:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...3&gprid=522131
• AU:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...3&gprid=522131
• Other:
http://support.microsoft.com/oas/def...spx?gprid=1173 | select
Windows XP | select Windows XP Service Pack 3
WinXP-specific newsgroup: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
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billybob wrote:
> Hi all, i'm using an asus notebook
>
> all my network connections stopped working after XP sp3 was installed. the
> connections are still there i just cant get access to the network or
> internet. I can ping the router through which i get internet access but
> cant access
> the internet or ping other pcs on the network (requests always time out).
>
> my ipconfig looks like this:
> Connection Specific DNS suffix :
> IPAdress: 10.0.0.7
> Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway: 10.0.0.2
>
> if anyone has dealt with something similair pls let me know what other
> info
> would be helpfull.
> Thanks