Re: OT: Computer help!!

On May 15, 3:29 pm, "RichL" <rpleav...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
RichL <rpleav...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
p.s....even though in the grand scheme of things I'm an idiot when it
comes to computers, it occurs to me that there's at least an outside
chance that my problem is with the driver for the network card
(corrupted somehow?????).   Anyway I'll search for the most recent
driver and see what I come up with.

SOLVED!!!  (at least it appears so).

I located (on my other computer, which I'm loathe to connect to the
internet) the most recent driver for my Ethernet card, downloaded it,
copied it onto CD, brought it over to this one, and installed it on this
computer (the faulty one).

Immediately following installation, I was able to use OE to connect to
usenet.  I haven't put it through any more demanding hoops yet, but I
will and let you know how things turned out.

Thanks to all who helped!

FALSE ALARM!

The internet connection on the computer came alive at least
momentarily, I was able to post the preceding message and run IE for
just a moment. I then opened Firefox and it lost the connection
again.

So I reinstalled the driver, rebooted, opened IE (successfully), then
opened OE to connect to newsgroups, at which point it died again.

It seems that whatever problem I have is intermittent (down 98% of the
time but able to connect on rare occasions).
At the same time, the other computer (this one) has no problems
connecting through the same router.

Looks like I'm due for a new computer. I was thinking about it
anyways. I could always try a new network card but the computer's old
and there's no guarantee that the problem is with the card, and I'd
hate to waste the money when the best long-term solution is already
staring me in the face.
.

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