Probably sounds illogical. But I have just removed ‘10’ from a PC by replacing the HD and then installing XP Pro. No hardware was changed apart from the Hard drive. But now I can’t connect to the internet. Not by WiFi or LAN. The light is green by the LAN socket and on screen indications are that it is running fine 400mbps. But I can’t get any in or out traffic.
Downgraded a Windows 10 pc to XP. Now no internet!
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you will have to install a driver for xp, look in device manager and does it show any yellow question marks?
go to start/control panel/network connections, show all connections, right click on each and choose repair, if it repairs successfully fine, if not why can't it the dialog box will tell you
what does event viewer say to this issue?
go to start/control panel/network connections, show all connections, right click on each and choose repair, if it repairs successfully fine, if not why can't it the dialog box will tell you
what does event viewer say to this issue?
Hello. Thank you. There are 4 yellow question marks.
2 for Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus.
1 for Ethernet Controller
1 for Video Controller (VGA Compatible)
All of which need the internet to upgrade.
I’ve never had this problem before. As I said earlier. There is a green light by the LAN input socket. Presumably indicating that all is well. And in ‘Network Connections ‘ in Control Panel, it shows ‘Status Connected ‘ Duration and Speed 44.0 mbps. But there is no send/receive activity.
2 for Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus.
1 for Ethernet Controller
1 for Video Controller (VGA Compatible)
All of which need the internet to upgrade.
I’ve never had this problem before. As I said earlier. There is a green light by the LAN input socket. Presumably indicating that all is well. And in ‘Network Connections ‘ in Control Panel, it shows ‘Status Connected ‘ Duration and Speed 44.0 mbps. But there is no send/receive activity.
I also have a usb WiFi dongle which with Windows 10 I just plugged in and it immediately started working. No drivers apparently required.
I built the Windows 10 PC myself. The usual way at the time. Install Windows 8 then the free upgrade to 10.
as cornemuse said you will probably not find xp drivers for your pc, you can try:
How To Find Drivers For An Unrecognized Device
1. Open Device Manager (Control Panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager)
2. The hardware whose drivers are missing will appear as Unknown device, so it's easier to locate the device.
3. Right click on the unknown device and click on Properties.
4. Under the Properties window click on Details tab and select Device Instance Id from the drop down box.
5. You should see a code similar to this
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27DC&SUBSYS_30868086
&REV_01\4&1E46F438&0&40F0
6. The portion of the code highlighted in RED is the Vendor ID and the portion highlighted in GREEN is the Device ID. In this example:
Vendor ID = 8086
Device ID = 27DC
7. Once you have obtained both the IDs, proceed to
http://pcidatabase.com/
There you can either search for the vendor from the vendor ID or directly get information about the device along with the vendor name by searching with the device ID.
8. Then from there you can go directly to the hardware manufactureres website and get the driver.
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but pcidatabase is not defunct so you will have to try
https://www.pcilookup.com/
How To Find Drivers For An Unrecognized Device
1. Open Device Manager (Control Panel>System>Hardware>Device Manager)
2. The hardware whose drivers are missing will appear as Unknown device, so it's easier to locate the device.
3. Right click on the unknown device and click on Properties.
4. Under the Properties window click on Details tab and select Device Instance Id from the drop down box.
5. You should see a code similar to this
PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_27DC&SUBSYS_30868086
&REV_01\4&1E46F438&0&40F0
6. The portion of the code highlighted in RED is the Vendor ID and the portion highlighted in GREEN is the Device ID. In this example:
Vendor ID = 8086
Device ID = 27DC
7. Once you have obtained both the IDs, proceed to
http://pcidatabase.com/
There you can either search for the vendor from the vendor ID or directly get information about the device along with the vendor name by searching with the device ID.
8. Then from there you can go directly to the hardware manufactureres website and get the driver.
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but pcidatabase is not defunct so you will have to try
https://www.pcilookup.com/
Getting exasperated now! Found another WiFi adaptor I forgot I had. Installed software. Signed into my router. Speed 450mbps.Signal strength good, Status, connected. Wireless Network Connection Status shows two way traffic status flowing freely. But if I try to go on line it still says I’m not connected to the internet!
Ok. Never mind. Found a box that needed ticking. No idea what for. But it appears to have solved the problem.
Ok. Got the internet going. But just tried to register and it said it was unable to do so. Is this going to be a problem in 30 days?
registration is NOT activation, you do not need to register
You need to active Windows
Sorry. That’s what I meant to say. I didn’t bother with Registration, but for some reason it said it couldn’t activate.
I have previously activated this copy of XP actually on this same computer but under Windows 10
I have previously activated this copy of XP actually on this same computer but under Windows 10
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I read somewhere at one time, that when you have upgraded say from 7 to 10 the key for 7 was no longer any good, I do not know if this is true or not. but in your case is the key for xp a retail or oem key? if it is oem and for that same computer there should be no problem with activation. Did you copy the wpa.dbl file from system 32 before you reinstalled xp?
It just says “Unable to establish a connection with the activation server. Please check your network settings and confirm that you are able to connect to the internet and try again”.
But I definitely have internet! There is no problem there!
But I definitely have internet! There is no problem there!
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us...r-message-when-you-try-to-activate-windows-se
this is what came up for that error
THIS SEARCH page has more hits
this is what came up for that error
THIS SEARCH page has more hits
OK. I tried method 3. Clear two check boxes. Although one was already cleared. But that didn't work
It also mentions something about the Telephone Proxy Sever.
It also mentions something about the Telephone Proxy Sever.