I am having a similar problem. I have no idea what is going on. My computer isn't recognizing that i have a network card AND a wireless card. I've tried doing everything: taking it out and rebooting to let the computer recognize it, I tried installing the most recent drivers like 50 times, i looked for drivers on all my disks the computer came with. I am a bit confused because at the beginning of August, my computer's video card was on the fritz. I tried putting in drivers and unistalling/reinstalling, and somewhere in the process the computer told me that i lost a vital windows file. I ran the system restore thingy, and I went through the "windows" installation screens, ect. When i was through, the video card was fixed but i lost my network card and the wireless one. Heh im posting from my old computer
. But anyway some specs on my comp is:
network card: Realtek RTL8139 Family Fast Ethernet Nic
Wireless card: D-Link DWLG520 wireless card
Video Card: ATI RADEON 9200
Mobo: No Idea :-/
Processer: AMD Athalon XP 2.09 ghz (or whatever)
I have a partitioned hard drive, but i dont think that makes a difference
OS: Windows XP Professional
Any help is welcome, the computer identifies the problem as "missing drivers" but i tried everything. I had to reformat once, but it was working fine after that.
I know i will not need new cards, because they were working fine untill i went through that windows restore thing. I would just restore my computer to when the cards were working but restoring the computer wiped out my restore points.
Once again, I'm open to all ideas.