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Happiness is - 18 Oct 2006 04:02 GMT

I have a HP Pavilion 700 MHZ machine with WinME installed. I cannot access the network.
I have configured the NIC for TCP/IP only along with the NIC.
when I do a IPConfig /all I get the following:
IP 169.254.157.172
DHCP Server is: 255.255.255.255
Subnet Mask is 155.255.0.0
DHCP is Enabled.
The device manager shows the NIC is properly installed and there are no X's or ?'s.
But when I try IE all I get is "Page cannot be displayed"

I have reinstalled the OS twice. Tried to install Win98 on this machine - to no avail.

I have installed the NIC in my current machine and I am using it to access the network using
the same cable and of course NIC and the same Router. I cannot ping or use any of the Network
commands to get outside my machine.

Is there a good diagnostic to prove one of the controllers that has failed? My guess is the
Mother board is failing.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Larry

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Galen - 19 Oct 2006 09:56 GMT

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I have a HP Pavilion 700 MHZ machine with WinME installed. I cannot
> access the network.
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>
> Larry

The infamous 169.254.* address...

Worse I suppose it's got to be in ME?

Alright. Assign it an IP address. 192.168.1.30 or something... Does it take
it - disable it and re-enable it.

Anyone remember how to manually squash the stack in ME so you can re-install
TCP/IP if it comes to that? (That address is what is handed out by the OS
when, well, it isn't getting a real one... DHCP is being handled by what?
Did I mention I dislike networking errors but, well, I opened the group
today so here I am...)

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John John - 19 Oct 2006 13:57 GMT

> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
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> Anyone remember how to manually squash the stack in ME so you can re-install
> TCP/IP if it comes to that?

Do you mean other than reinstalling ME? ;-)

Try here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286748/EN-US/

John

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Galen - 19 Oct 2006 20:59 GMT

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Do you mean other than reinstalling ME? ;-)
>
> Try here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286748/EN-US/
>
> John

That'd be the evil link. Wow.... I'd forgotten the last half-dozen steps in
that so it's a good thing I didn't try to type it from memory.

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Happiness is - 19 Oct 2006 21:57 GMT

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My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I have a HP Pavilion 700 MHZ machine with WinME installed. I cannot
> access the network.
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>
> Larry

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Happiness is - 20 Oct 2006 01:06 GMT

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Galen wrote:

> In news:eh45fb0ect@enews4.newsguy.com,
> Happiness is had this to say:
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> Anyone remember how to manually squash the stack in ME so you can re-install
> TCP/IP if it comes to that?

Do you mean other than reinstalling ME? ;-)

Try here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286748/EN-US/

John

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Happiness is - 20 Oct 2006 02:50 GMT

My response is below: I have been trying to repost, but it doesn't seem to go thru so I will try one more
time.

John John had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> Do you mean other than reinstalling ME? ;-)
>
> Try here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286748/EN-US/

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I have tried everything you mentioned above, however the one item I don't know how to do is:
Anyone remember how to manually squash the stack in ME.

Again I have reformatted and reinstalled WinME (4 times now), but this time I installed a 3com 3c905 TX M Nic
which did not help either.

The only error message I have been getting is "Page cannot be found".
I am able to run WINIPCFG
I am also able to run "IPCONFIG /all. The results are below

Windows IP Configuration
Host Name . . . . . . . . . : HPPAV
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
NetBIOS Scope ID. . . . . . :
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . : No
NetBIOS Resolution Uses DNS : No
0 Ethernet adapter :      Description . . . . . . . . : NETGEAR FA310TX Fast Ethernet PCI Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . : 00-02-E3-09-61-F8
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
IP Address. . . . . . . . . : 169.254.215.230
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . :
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Primary WINS Server . . . . :
Secondary WINS Server . . . :
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . : 10 19 16 3:30:43 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . :

This was accomplished by typing type IPCONFIG /All > IP.TXT and dos did the rest.

So far I have removed TCPIP reinstalled TCPIP, Removed and reinstalled the NIC. (I have
used 3 various NIC's. Netgear, Linksys, & 3 Com. All which have been tested in another machine.
The Cat 5 Cable is currently being used on another system, it works.
The Network is a DSL Network with a Paradyne Modem, Linksys WRT54GS Router, with Wired
connections.

I did go thru the knowledge base, however I am not receiving any error messages, except as I stated before
"Page cannot be displayed."

Does anyone have any additional Ideas. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank You in advance
Larry

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