Here's a new one that happened last night:

Upon buying a Bluetooth adapter (USB) and installing it without incident on 
my Windows XP Media Center laptop, I proceeded to my XP Pro desktop. I 
loaded the software, rebooted, then inserted the adapter into the USB 
receptacle. Immediately upon plugging in the device, the computer shut down 
and rebooted. Now, the computer is in an eternal shutdown-and-reboot loop. 
Also, I cannot get the keyboard to work (wireless USB device), thus making 
it impossible start up in safe mode.

Did my USB hardware get fried?

Thanks,

Larry Adler
Weatherford, OK


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hugh Vandervoort" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 3:17 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Need to disable ICS, I think


>I would start on this by resetting the router to defaults. On a Linksys 
>router this usually involves a small button on the back you can depress and 
>hold with a paper clip or something similar. Hold it in for 10-15 seconds. 
>See your router manual for exact parameters.
> After re-connecting everything, open a Run box, type cmd, OK.
> In the cmd box, type ipconfig/all and post the results here. Ipconfig is 
> explained here:
> http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ipconfig.mspx?mfr=true
>
> Larry Adler (Cebridge) wrote:
>> As I am still mystified on my wireless network problems, I decided to 
>> start completely over (except for unhooking my router and cable modem) 
>> and reinstall Windows XP Pro. Regrettably, it appears nothing has 
>> changed.
>>
>> Question: I have been able to browse the Internet swimmingly with my 
>> Linksys router. But on a whim after seeing the reinstallation basically 
>> did nothing, I decided to unhook the router and plug the cable directly 
>> into the modem, just like the old days. However, I could not get anything 
>> to come up on the Net, even after powering down the modem two or three 
>> times. Could this reveal something screwy about my network problems? 
>> Apparently the computer can't read the actual IP address coming from my 
>> service provider; perhaps all it can "see" is the router address, 
>> 192.168.1.1. Does this even make sense?
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