WinME will not access the network.

Happiness is · External Since: Oct 18, 2006 Posts: 1

I have a HP Pavilion 700 MHZ machine with WinME installed. I cannot access the network.
I have configured the NIC for TCP/IP only along with the NIC.
when I do a IPConfig /all I get the following:
IP 169.254.157.172
DHCP Server is: 255.255.255.255
Subnet Mask is 155.255.0.0
DHCP is Enabled.
The device manager shows the NIC is properly installed and there are no X's or ?'s.
But when I try IE all I get is "Page cannot be displayed"

I have reinstalled the OS twice. Tried to install Win98 on this machine - to no avail.

I have installed the NIC in my current machine and I am using it to access the network using
the same cable and of course NIC and the same Router. I cannot ping or use any of the Network
commands to get outside my machine.

Is there a good diagnostic to prove one of the controllers that has failed? My guess is the
Mother board is failing.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thank you,

Larry

galennews · External Since: Jan 31, 2005 Posts: 1062

In news:eh45fb0ect@enews4.newsguy.com,
Happiness is had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

> I have a HP Pavilion 700 MHZ machine with WinME installed. I cannot
> access the network.
> I have configured the NIC for TCP/IP only along with the NIC.
> when I do a IPConfig /all I get the following:
> IP 169.254.157.172
> DHCP Server is: 255.255.255.255
> Subnet Mask is 155.255.0.0
> DHCP is Enabled.
> The device manager shows the NIC is properly installed and there are
> no X's or ?'s.
> But when I try IE all I get is "Page cannot be displayed"
>
> I have reinstalled the OS twice. Tried to install Win98 on this
> machine - to no avail.
>
> I have installed the NIC in my current machine and I am using it to
> access the network using the same cable and of course NIC and the
> same Router. I cannot ping or use any of the Network commands to get
> outside my machine.
>
> Is there a good diagnostic to prove one of the controllers that has
> failed? My guess is the Mother board is failing.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Larry

The infamous 169.254.* address...

Worse I suppose it's got to be in ME?

Alright. Assign it an IP address. 192.168.1.30 or something... Does it take
it - disable it and re-enable it.

Anyone remember how to manually squash the stack in ME so you can re-install
TCP/IP if it comes to that? (That address is what is handed out by the OS
when, well, it isn't getting a real one... DHCP is being handled by what?
Did I mention I dislike networking errors but, well, I opened the group
today so here I am...)

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes

John John · External Since: Jun 05, 2004 Posts: 1937

Galen wrote:

> In news:eh45fb0ect@enews4.newsguy.com,
> Happiness is had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>
>>I have a HP Pavilion 700 MHZ machine with WinME installed. I cannot
>>access the network.
>>I have configured the NIC for TCP/IP only along with the NIC.
>>when I do a IPConfig /all I get the following:
>> IP 169.254.157.172
>> DHCP Server is: 255.255.255.255
>> Subnet Mask is 155.255.0.0
>> DHCP is Enabled.
>>The device manager shows the NIC is properly installed and there are
>>no X's or ?'s.
>>But when I try IE all I get is "Page cannot be displayed"
>>
>>I have reinstalled the OS twice. Tried to install Win98 on this
>>machine - to no avail.
>>
>>I have installed the NIC in my current machine and I am using it to
>>access the network using the same cable and of course NIC and the
>>same Router. I cannot ping or use any of the Network commands to get
>>outside my machine.
>>
>>Is there a good diagnostic to prove one of the controllers that has
>>failed? My guess is the Mother board is failing.
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated.
>>
>>Thank you,
>>
>>Larry
>
>
> The infamous 169.254.* address...
>
> Worse I suppose it's got to be in ME?
>
> Alright. Assign it an IP address. 192.168.1.30 or something... Does it take
> it - disable it and re-enable it.
>
> Anyone remember how to manually squash the stack in ME so you can re-install
> TCP/IP if it comes to that?

Do you mean other than reinstalling ME? Wink

Try here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286748/EN-US/

John

galennews · External Since: Jan 31, 2005 Posts: 1062

In news:%23HGfy338GHA.2268@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl,
John John had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

>
> Do you mean other than reinstalling ME? Wink

>
> Try here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/286748/EN-US/
>
> John

That'd be the evil link. Wow.... I'd forgotten the last half-dozen steps in
that so it's a good thing I didn't try to type it from memory.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"At present I am, as you know, fairly busy, but I propose to devote my
declining years to the composition of a textbook which shall focus the
whole art of detection into one volume." - Sherlock Holmes