Have you tried to install the optional windows components? eg: the networks
add-ons?
Dave
"Whelan" wrote in message
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I've just been handed down my son's Compaq Presario 1800 laptop. (I bought
him a replacement.)
This Presario has never been able to tap into our home network for
printing
or file sharing (since I installed Win XPPro on it summer 2002. However it
can use DSL through our router. This last week I have tried furiously to
solve the networking problem, with lots of advice on the Dell message
boards, but nothing works.
It looks like I will have to reformat the hard drive and reinstall Win
XPPro
to have any hope of networking it.
Has anyone made a fresh start on a a Presario 1800 with XP? Was it
difficult
to find drivers etc to make it work? I'm not finding what I need, so far,
on
the web site; it only lists Win Me and 2000.
(We did purchase an extended warranty in July 2001... Any chance Compaq
would provide support of the type I need by phone?)
Nan
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