Wireless adapter driver is needed. First guess.
All your internet are belong to us.............
Is it a discreet network card? Did you loosen it from the slot when you had the computer open? If it’s an integrated adapter, you might have reset the bios and turned it off.
Can you find the network card in device manager? If so, make sure you have a driver loaded from the XP disk, or the driver that came with the card or computer. That gets you started.
Likely the specific network adapter software device driver is not installed... WINXP installs generic drivers when and where it can ... and sometimes they do not work... You need to go to the computer manufacturer’s website and download (using another computer) the specific device drivers for the brand and model of the computer in question. Then install them - use a flash drive to transport the device driver files to the affected computer... Example Dell, HP/Compaq and others are quite easy to use...
Split the problem in half. Move a known good computer to the site and verify operation. That removes the network question.
From there, verify hardware operation, however one does that in windoze.
I'd say use dmesg and tail /var/log/messages if you were running a normal machine.
/johnny
Check your bios settings. Is this a store bought computer or did you build it yourself?
OK first question are you using an wired or wireless network card?
That's not unusual.
Look in control panel / system / device manager. It will show if network devices are present or not, and if they have installation issues.
You have to find out who the manufacturer of the card is. If it is a wired card that sits in a slot on the motherboard, make sure it's seated properly, then get the name and model of the card and download the driver from the card manufacturer.
If it's a network connector built into the motherboard, you have to search for the motherboard by manufacturer and model and get the network driver from their website.
If it's a computer from a manufacturer like Dell or HP, the drivers will be at the companies website organized by computer name and model.
Once you have the correct network card model, the driver can be downloaded to another computer and copied to a USB stick. Take the USB stick to the new XP machine and either do a search for new hardware in control panel or right click on the mis-installed network card in device manager and choose update driver. When the machine asks for a driver, point it to the correct folder on the USB stick.
You could also temporarily install a USB wireless on the new XP machine and get the driver via the internet that way.
HTH
start-control panel-system-hardware-device manager
If you see any “YELLOW QUESTION MARKS”..
YOU are missing drivers!
(bet a wooden nickel its the ethernet controller driver)
Modem driver and VGA driver
go to dell.com/downloads and support put in your model number (EXample dell sx260) and look for the driver in the network tab/box..download it through your browser and install...
Sorry for the confusion...you are gonna need a 2nd computer connected to the internet and a flash drive.
if your sons computer is a dell...goto dell.com
if its an HP goto HP.com etc..find the home page for your make of computer. find downloads and support...enter your model number then download with your browser and save to flash drive....then install driver from your flash drive into your sons computer....honest this is very easy to fix...i just type stupid!!
Your ISP should have given you a CD to install the necessary drivers for the internet cable/dsl modem.
Find the CD and run the installer.
If you no longer have it, you may need to contact them for instructions on how to obtain the drivers from their web site with a computer that is online, or they may have to send you another install CD
I’m running WXP SP3 and my O/S recognizes my RCA cable modem, but your situation is likely different.
When you first install XP Pro there is not adapter built in to the OS load even though XP wants to try
Go to Control Panel, add hardware and let it search for the adapter
If it does not find it I would ask if you have the driver disk for the card itself, unless Windows XP has it and can make the adapter
If you are updating on a system like a Dell ir HP then you can obtain this from the accessories disk which will load it and then when you reboot it will be there. Then you can go to Control Panel, Network and setup your connection
If you have any further questions message me directly and I will help you
Nobody laugh...after days of trying to get my laptop on the wireless network I found a little slide switch on the side. Presto!
You may have tried this...but have you unplugged your router, pulled the power to it and let it sit. Then turned off your computer. Turn everything back on (router first).
Someone posted they called the Internet service provider tech and it reminded me that this was all it took with XP.