Internet stops working after updating XP Pro

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OrionNT

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After the automatic updates for XP Pro are installed and pc is restarted the internet will not work. It is unable to obtain an IP address from the router and I have to perform a system restore in order for it to work again. Anyone else experience this problem or have any ideas?
 
OrionNT said:
After the automatic updates for XP Pro are installed and pc is restarted the internet will not work.
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Damn...you better get it working again, or people all over the world are going to be pissed! :p

Where is this PC? at home? part of a domain? more details please :cool:
 
I've got every update installed and havent had any problems .. Did you look in device manager prior to the restore to see if the nic had a ! sign... ? or did you try and reinstall it?
 
i had this same problem yesterday when i reformatted i found that once i was accually useing windows i couldnt put the Ip in or the gateway and such, so i reformatted again and put it in when your first setting up windows as you can see from thsi post it worked
 
I'm assuming by his comments about a router, that it's using DHCP, so nothing needs to be hard-coded. System restore is nothing but a worthless haven for virii, so disabling is a good idea, but that's not related to the problem. Check for !'s in the device manager, and make sure the DHCP client service is running.
 
I've had problems on different setups after updating windows

my problems where either windows updated a driver so some component doesnt work like it should anymore or it re-enbles the built in firewall feature of which just seems to block everything out, in which case simply just disabling the firewall and unchecking everything it attaches itself to quickly straightens that problem out.
 
The pc is in my sig and yes it is connected to a router. Device manager didnt show any problems with the nic after the update. I used system restore to roll back the updates and everything worked fine and I have now done this twice. Maybe next time I update I will try to reinstall the nic driver unless anyone else has any other ideas?
 
djnes said:
System restore is nothing but a worthless haven for virii, so disabling is a good idea, but that's not related to the problem.
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OrionNT said:
I used system restore to roll back the updates and everything worked fine and I have now done this twice.
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*whistles quietly* :p

What updates did you download?
 
Are you by any chance using a wireless router and nic?

I've had windows updates mess with my wireless settings.
 
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