I'm new to these forums, but after reading around for a while, I thought I ought to become a member. Anyway...
So after about a year or two of using this computer, things got pretty bogged down, so I decided to reformat my hard drive. After reinstalling WinXP Pro, everything seemed to go fine. But as soon as I tried to go on Internet Explorer (to download firefox, i promise) it wouldn't work...which was odd.
I'm on a router which is connected to a cable modem. So, then I checked out control panel>Network and Internet Settings, and then I discovered that I don't even have a connection listed there. I have a IEEE 1394 connection, but no LAN connection. So after trying to create a new connection with the wizard to no avail, I discovered some MS help that didn't really help. I did however affirm that the connection is working, I pinged myself and got 4 replies, but IE still won't connect to anythhing. So I googled the problem and searched tons of different forums, eventually leading me here. I'm usually good with computers, but I'm really stumped. So does anyone have any idea what's wrong?