you've got incomming, but hold the job application form :)

Tell him "You're Welcome!" :-D

Then, aside from some possible initial setup configuring, you should be good to go. Let us know how it goes & Good Luck!

It's quite possible that you'll be good-to-go right out of the box, if it's got the optional built-in ethernet connection (scroll down to "Figure 6" here...

btw, F5 works as well booting Win9.x/ME machines directly into safe mode rather than the selection mode F8 boots to, but in WinXP it's the same as F8.

how did you determine it was specifically Nero?

u'd think they'd set it to auto-sense; tsk! good find.

i think this thread is done, but...

good advise; only thing i'd change is rather than give it time to warm up is DEFINITELY wait until the cable modem (cm) has block sync - solid green "Cable"...

seems to me that with the probs you're experiencing you might want to do a comprehensive back up just to be save. btw, did you try runing scanreg /restore & selecting a date prior to the attempted...

have u tried going to repair IE through the add/remove utility in control panel?

try the following:
1) launch IE, go to Tools & then Internet Options;
2) on the General tab (which it launches to) delete cookies and temporary internet files, including all offline content;
3) go...

man of few words lately, but excellent post & awesome link - much appreciated! :o

sure gives off a LOT of ads tho....