no internet after drive reformat

I reloaded Win XP on a new hard drive after my old one died. I have two
problems now.

1. I am unable to get an internet connection either by wire or WIFI. This
is in a house with both wire and WIFI in which other computers work fine.
When I check the drivers I find that there is a yellow question mark on all
my "other " hardware including VGA driver, ethernet, PCI sound and
multimedia. I am unable to find drivers on the installation WinXP ser2
disc.

2. My video resolution was incredibly low and when I go to display settings
I am unable to move the slider bar to a higher setting.

Help!!!!

JS
Sat Jun 21 18:33:25 PDT 2008

Who built the PC, you or a manufacture like Dell for example?
If you built it, get the latest drivers from the motherboard manufacture's
web site.
If it's a name brand PC then go to the PC manufacture's web site and
download the drivers.
You will most likely need drivers for the motherboard, sound card/chip,
video, network card, etc.

There is a utility named Belarc Advisor that can help in identifying what
drivers you will need.
Belarc Advisor: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html

JS

"zanbil" <iamzanbo@yahoo.ca> wrote in message
news:QBh7k.20195$kx.12811@pd7urf3no...
>I reloaded Win XP on a new hard drive after my old one died. I have two
>problems now.
>
> 1. I am unable to get an internet connection either by wire or WIFI. This
> is in a house with both wire and WIFI in which other computers work fine.
> When I check the drivers I find that there is a yellow question mark on
> all my "other " hardware including VGA driver, ethernet, PCI sound and
> multimedia. I am unable to find drivers on the installation WinXP ser2
> disc.
>
> 2. My video resolution was incredibly low and when I go to display
> settings I am unable to move the slider bar to a higher setting.
>
> Help!!!!

Bruce
Sun Jun 22 10:00:53 PDT 2008

zanbil wrote:
> I reloaded Win XP on a new hard drive after my old one died. I have two
> problems now.
>
> 1. I am unable to get an internet connection either by wire or WIFI.
> This is in a house with both wire and WIFI in which other computers work
> fine. When I check the drivers I find that there is a yellow question
> mark on all my "other " hardware including VGA driver, ethernet, PCI
> sound and multimedia. I am unable to find drivers on the installation
> WinXP ser2 disc.
>


Well, no, you wouldn't. You would need to obtain these drivers form
the various manufacturers of your computer's components.


> 2. My video resolution was incredibly low and when I go to display
> settings I am unable to move the slider bar to a higher setting.
>


What happens when you install the most recent WinXP-specific video
drivers, as provided by your video adapter's manufacturer's web site?



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