This post is indeed old but I did solve my problem. I think it might be a different problem/solution for each person. For me, it was something that was done by the HP software update. To fix it,...

Is there any way to effectively troubleshoot what software conflict is causing msconfig to give this message? I have had Norton Systemworks on this machine for about 18 months and this error message...

Being the only user on the machine, with guest account disabled, I did verify that I'm listed as the administrator.

I did, however, reboot in safeboot, log in as administrator, and then tried...

Yesterday opened msconfig and when I went to make a change, something I've done previously with no problems, a box came up saying access was denied and I needed administrator privileges or something...

After banging head into walls, pulling out hair, and just general nonsensical cursing, got it solved. Since everything seemed to point to the router as the culprit, I upgraded the router's firmware....

I had three computers (two with WinXP, one with Win NT) connected via a Linksys router. Each connected to the internet, no problems whatsoever.

The Win NT computer is my employer's computer. ...

Thank you for the modem information, Bentkey, I hadn't recycled it after plugging it in. I will try that later. This morning (like yesterday morning) I've been on now for much longer than the...

I have three computers connected via wired method to a 4-port Linksys router. Everything has been working fine for the last several months. Today, connectivity has been very erratic. Cable company...

Could use some help or troubleshooting ideas for a problem with using my computer's USB 2.0 ports. I'm using a few month's old Pentium 4 3.2 GHz machine with WinXP Professional.

I had had my...

Yesterday, after each new thing I tried, I would always reboot but had no luck. I shut the thing down last night. When I booted up this morning, everything was back. I truly don't understand it. ...

I had just installed a game in winXP and after installation I noted I could not get the cd to eject when I pressed the button. When I looked at My Computer, the drive icons for the cd-rom drive and...

I did actually mean my nick to be Oeg. My actual name *is* Peg and oftentimes when I'm typing notes quickly, I hit the "o" rather than the "p." It got so I was seeing Oeg so often that I adopted...

Update on how it got to work if anyone else encounters this....

First off, I greatly appreciate all the suggestions. But the offending computer simply would not communicate with the router. The...

As an update, I connected the bad boy computer directly to the cable modem, and it worked. So the card is fine. I then tried connecting the bad boy to the router all on its lonesome without other...

Appreciate the thoughts.

I have tried different ports on the router. It has accommodatingly proven that all 4 ports work correctly by doing this. No matter what positioning I try, though, I...

I've had a Linksys 4 port router working fine with 4 computers attached for about a year. Had a bad storm and no computer could connect to internet. Just figured it got fried and bought a new Linksys...