Hi there!

I recently bought a used 8000 laptop which originally came with ME, but was upgraded to XP Pro.  I recently found out that it would have been better to do a full install rather than upgrade, but I believe an upgrade was done.  In any case, I have been trying to connect to the internet via ethernet or wireless card (to my home network with Dell desktop and Dell 8200 laptop) without success.  I realized that I only had a mini pci modem card and not the combo so then tried to connect via wireless card and after the install, received a "device cannot start (code 10)" message under the Device Manager.

Any idea what I can do to fix this?  I checked Microsoft's website and it indicated that there is a hotfix for ME.  Since I have XP Pro, I didn't know if this would work and if there is anything else I can do to fix this before contacting Microsoft.  Your help would be appreciated.  Thanks!