Xp/Vista Dual Boot NIC/Internet/LAN Problems

[scottd2644]

I've dual booted a Vista pre loaded HP desktop with XP Pro.

When I go into the Vista side the internet and LAN connections are fine. When I go into XP nothing. Won't even ackowledge there's an NIC.

Any ideas? Do I need to reload the drivers for the Broadcom NetXtreme Gigabit Ethernet card? Where do I get them and then place them in the XP registry?

Thanks!

 

[GrimR]

so when you go into compmgmt.msc, device manager there are no yellow exclamation marks, and scan for hardware changes does nothing?

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/w2knoaip.html

Have you tried the TCP/IP repair utility?

 

[scottd2644]

Hi,

Yes, I,ve got loads of yellow Q marks coming up next to the NIC in CompMgt. Tried to scan for updated hardware and drivers but it keeps prompting to get them over the internet which of course I haven't got in XP mode. Any suggestions?

 

[smah]

Download the drivers from the manufacturer website using Vista and save them somewhere that the XP system can get to.

 

[GrimR]

If you loaded XP before and everything was working, the drivers are or should still be there.
Try Update driver and specify location usually they will be in c:\windows\inf and \system32