Hello Everyone, I just purchased a laptop with WinXP Home installed. My problem is = that when I connect my network cable the laptop apparently doesn't see = my network or the internet connection. Hardware wise everything appears = to be working, all the appropriate lights on my router light up and the = little "networked" computer icons in the task tray show a connection. I = even tried just plugging directly into my broadband modem with the same = result. Apparently it is a software setting that I am missing somewhere. = Not too familiar with XP, first computer with XP installed. Didn't have = this problem when I added a Win 2000 Pro computer to my network. Any help would be greatly appreciated, don't have much hair anyways = to keep pulling it out over this. TIA Rob Shane Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml