It sounds like you've pretty much troubleshot your problem down to the
cause. If the computer isn't detecting a network, then the network login
screen doesn't come up. I have a little over 80 computers in my computer
labs and I find that recrimping the cables at the computer end solves this
problem a lot of times, and if that doesn't do it, then I change the network
cards.  On rare occasions I need to strip back the network cable and install
a new connector or run a new cable.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Thornton" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 3:19 AM
Subject: Network problem


> Our seniors computer club has 7 machines (6xceleron 733 and 1xP111 450)
networked through a switch. One machine runs winxp home and is the "master
for ICS". The rest run win98se. All was well until last week.  We
reformatted all the machines and reinstalled everything.  Now two machines
(win98se) will not browse the network.  We have checked that the win98
installation installed the necessary files and protocols and that the cables
are indeed connected at both ends. Could this be a problem with the network
cards in the two machines? I also notice that we get a network logon screen
on some but not on these two. Any advice or suggestions appreciated.
>
> Regards
> Rick Thornton
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