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Ethernet NIC works in 7 not xp on same laptop
Boggin:
Does it work in Safe Mode with Networking ?
Boggin:
I'm going to have to go but if it works in Safe Mode with Networking then perform a clean boot to see if it still works.
If it doesn't, that would point to a 3rd party AV program.
Check to see if it's DHCP enabled.
There are a couple of ways you can do this - one is to open a command prompt and enter ipconfig /all - you can copy & paste its output if you want, and the other method is to open Network and Sharing Center - Change adapter settings - right click on the Ethernet and select Properties - (TCP/IPv4) - Properties and that the top radio button is checked for auto IP address and that the bottom one is also set for auto DNS or that the settings are the same for your Wireless adapter.
sfeinbe:
You're certainly on to something! Restarted in safe mode with networking. Wired auto config didn't start. Got an error 1068 message. Then I realized that I didn't really give a proper test in regular mode because I forced a start through Anvir taskmanager! So I restarted Windows normally, making sure that the wireless adapter was turned off and the ethernet cable plugged in. Wired auto config didn't start! It also didn't throw an error 1068 error when I forced a start.
I then found this "Answer" with a google search:
http://tinyurl.com/6dk73jt
I edited the registry, after first carefully backing it up with ERUNT, as described in the Answer. It did nothing. Rolled the registry back with ERUNT.
So wired auto config won't start with an ethernet cable plugged in and connected to a router. Not in normal or safe mode with networking. A forced start causes a 1068 error message in safe mode, but not in normal mode. And the "Answer" I discovered (admittedly for a later version of Windows) didn't work for XP.
I checked to see if it's DHCP enabled and it is. The dependencies you mentioned still didn't show up in device manager as a problem.
However, there's no question that you're on the right track and I very much appreciate it! This may even partially explain another problem with an audio device made by the same manufacturer RealTek. I keep thinking it's drivers (I used MANY to no avail), but it may be related to this problem in some way. At least I hope the solution solves both problems.
Boggin:
Wired AutoConfig may not auto start when the Ethernet cable is use if a certain condition doesn't apply for your machine.
Click on Wired AutoConfig and you will see the condition that would apply.
Those registry tweaks are for Wireless and not wired - WLAN is for your wireless.
Did the error 1068 apply to the wireless or Ethernet ?
Audio isn't loaded in Safe Mode, so that would eliminate that as a conflict - but what is the audio problem you are having - did you download the correct driver for XP ?
Sometimes audio drivers are OEM modified so you will need to see if HP have any XP drivers for your audio chip if you're having problems with that in XP.
I don't think a chkdsk /f would do anything but you could run the command chkdsk without any parameters from the command prompt which is a read-only mode, but will tell you if anything is corrupt and if there are any bad sectors on the HDD.
If you disable the Wireless adapter in Device Manager, reboot with it wired then check Event Viewer, you should have an accurate time stamp if it has recorded an error for the LAN and may give more info.
When you run ipconfig /all in XP with it wired, is it assigned it with a 192.168.8.# IP address ?
While XP is no longer MS supported, can you download Belarc Advisor and that will tell you if you have any Windows Updates missing - it will also check your LAN connection.
http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html
Shane:
I have ran into this before once or twice, and it was a realtek that was doing it to me lol.
It was a motherboard with the realtek nic on it, installed the drivers and I noticed the connection speed on it was showing only 10 MB instead of the 100 the nic was suppose to handle.
I thought it was a bad network card but it worked find when I installed windows 7, but in xp the network was going crazy. Turns out it was the drivers. I had to use the drivers off the mother board cd (Or from there site) any newer ones and it would break in XP. Not sure if it was a firmware problem with that nic or what because I never had a problem like that with realtek.
I dont see in the first post where you download the xp drivers, did you grab them from the mfg website or did they not have it so you had to go with the direct realtek ones?
Shane
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