Can anyone help me? I've had two PCs networked for the last year or so. They both use Windows XP (home version) and, until now, they've happily shared files, a printer and internet connection.
The other day, one of the computers froze and I had to turn it off without shutting it down properly. Ever since, it has said that the network cable is unplugged. (The other one still says it's connected.) The shared files, printer and internet connection don't work.
I thought I might have buggered the cable so I bought a new one, but that made no difference. Today I bought a new network card but that didn't help either. I've re-installed the drivers, disabled/re-enabled it, done a system restore to last week when it was working - but nothing has worked. It still says "Network cable unplugged".
(Yes, I've checked the cable is plugged in!
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Any other ideas? I'm going round in circles at the moment.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
PS - Format C: - there, I said it first!