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Typically doing a custom windows update for hardware can help you find your missing drivers. The difficulty we have at this stage is helping you get to that point since you are missing your network card drivers.
Have you downloaded the motherboard driver package? Sometimes the driver can be found in there.
If all else fails you can buy an plug and play usb to ethernet adapter and then do your custom window's updates.
Should be less than $20 and may be worth the relief from frustration.
Check device manager. This can be done in Win XP by right clicking my computer, properties, hardware, then click device manager. Alternative way to enter device manager is by clicking start menu, control panel, system (performance and maintenance), hardware then device manager.
In the deice manager window see if any question marks or exclamation points are visible.
If so, see if it the mark is for an audio device.
If it is an audio device, uninstall the device.
Have the driver ready for the sound card by either a driver disk or by downloading the driver from the manufacturer website. This would be Dell, gateway, HP if you bought a name brand PC.
If this does not help, I need more details about your computer such as Vender, motherboard, and dedicated sound card if applicable.
please check out in my computer systems device manager if anything in the sound section is in red or yellow remove it. unless win xp was made for your laptop the drivers are not there. you need to go to compaq web site and download your drivers.
You need to install the correct driver for the sound device, because with win XP it can install a generic driver but it wont be working properly so if its a built sound on your MOBO you need to install driver for it from the MOBO setup CD.
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