Network Adapters Shown Only In Safe Mode

[hitas]

Sorry for my English..

Hi!

Maybe I can describe more than one problem in this thread and not to create new one?

1. Like I said, network adapters shown only in safe mode on WinXPSP2. I'm talking about Device Manager. If I'm booting normally or in Safe mode with Networking, there are NO network adapters, even what to expand. And if I disable all the adapters in safe mode, there are all in normal mode. But if I enable them, they all disappears. When I enable all adapters, that "sector" "Network adapters" disappears.

In Network Connections there are no Local area network. There are my DSL, but no LAN. And Win gives me 769 error, can it be because there are no LAN? I can't connect to Internet on that computer.

2. And now, what happened BEFORE that. I think, that could "break" my PC. Suddenly, Win "thrown" me error. It said, that my DirectSound drivers are bad, something like that. I have downloaded required drivers and tried to install them. But.. PC just restarted in installation progress. I turned of automatic restart on errors. Windows just "thrown" me blue error screen, where was written one file, sysaudio.sys. I found that file in C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\. Downloaded file from DC++ and replaced it. Size was the same. But still appears blue error screen with same error and file. Then downloaded (then my connection was still working) drivers exactly for that motherboard (specifically, for chipset), and again appeared blue screen with that error. I couldn't boot normally. Went in safe mode and disabled all audio drivers. Then normal Windows bootted. And after that first problem occured.

So, can you help me with that?

[simsie]

Are you able to renenable all devices you disabled (like you said in 2)?

[hitas]

Yes, I am able. But then after few minutes (or more rarely, at boot) Win just crashes with blue screen.

[simsie]

Right, we need the Blue Screen error.

When starting up after BIOS and before the Windows XP Loading thing press F8, and tell it to not restart on system faliure.

Get us as much information from that screen as you can (and a picture, possibly, although you can't print screen).

When disabling the devices do you get networking as normal again?

[hitas]

I'll ask my friend to capture that screen and to send from another computer. Then I will attach picture here.

When starting up after BIOS and before the Windows XP Loading thing press F8, and tell it to not restart on system faliure. << I did that, like I said :)

When disabling the devices do you get networking as normal again? << No. There are NO LAN in Network Connections, NO Network adapters in Device manager. I tried tu re-plug Ethernet cable from modem, tried to restart modem - nothing worked. I disabled these devices because of that screen, for "normal (?)" work with PC.

[simsie]

Ah, so you're saying that now you've broken the network adapters there is no way, even by undoing what you did, that you can get them to show in Network Connections?

[hitas]

Something like that. I tried System restore, but no good.

P. S. When I enable all network adapters in normal mode, they all disappears BUT there are no difference in Network Connections.

[simsie]

If you can give us a screen shot of Network Connections in Normal mode, and again in Safe Mode.

[hitas]

Can't do that now ;/ But: In Safe mode, there are NOTHING in Network Connections. In Normal - just my Broadband.

BTW, maybe reinstalling Windows might help?

[simsie]

Reinstalling Windows will almost certainly help, just make sure you get all the drivers first and backup your files.

[hitas]

There are two partitions of hard drive. So, I'll put all required drivers into D: drive. Thank's for all :)