Try booting to Safe Mode with Network support.  If it works from there, it tells you that something running from startup in Normal mode is blocking the connection. 

 

Also, to help troubleshoot this problem, go to Start > Run and type cmd then click OK. In the command prompt window that opens, type ipconfig /all then hit the enter key. Write down the output from this command or select it and save it to a txt file, then copy this output into a reply to this message.

 

Steve

I tried the safe mode, and still the same results. I changed the home page to the default page and still no change. Here is the listing when I run ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : Fineline

Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :

Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Peer-Peer

IP Routing Enabled . . . . . . .: no

WNS Proxy Enabled . . . . . : no

Ethernet Adapter Wireless Network connection 2

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . . :

Description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :Intel(R)/wireless 2200BG Network Connection

Physical addreess . . . . . . . . . . . . : 00-13-CE-22-14-A8

Dhcp enabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes

Auotconfiguration Enabled . . . . . . : Yes

IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.101

Subnet mask . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :192.168.0.1

DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  :192.168.0.1

DNS Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  : 192.168.0.1

Lease obtained . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : August 20, 2007 5:38:28 pm

Lease expires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : August 27, 2007 5:38:28 pm

Ethernet Adapter Local Area Connection

Media state                                       Disconnected

Description                                       Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated controller

Physical address                              00-12-3F-DF-E8-52

 

 

Let me know if you need more info

Thanks

Dan

 

Your node type has been changed to peer to peer (it should be mixed).  There are two possible ways to fix this. 

 

First try this - open Network Connections, right click your wireless connection, then select Properties.  Click on the Wireless Networks tab, then click on the Advanced button.  Where it says "Networks to access" make sure that "Any available network" is slelcted.

 

If that doesn't work, try the suggestion involving editing the registry in the following post:

 

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/list/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web&tid=f63348e9-f0ea-47bc-86f4-95f04c94f2c9&p=1

 

Let us know which of these fixes the problem.

 

Steve

Thank you for your assistance. I was able to get the network visible and working after running through the registry editor. The only thing I am not sure of is that you said that the node type should be mixed, it is coming up now as "broadcast". The desktop pc's that I have show a node type as unknown.

Thanks Again

Dan