Hi
Try to configure the Network manually.
The following is a way to check the Network configuration, while doing it
you can manually adjust the settings to be as they should.
http://www.ezlan.net/debug.html
Jack (MVP-Networking).

"Don J" <dej8801@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:lKGdnfUfFrIO2vLbnZ2dnUVZ_vmqnZ2d@comcast.com. ..
>I have just installed a second copy of Windows XP on my system. When I run
>the "Netwok Setup Wizard" on the system I get a screen entitled "The wizard
>found disconnected network hardware". The screen says "The network
>connections listed below are disconnected. Plug in your network cables ..
>da, da, da.." Listed is one of the several connections defined in the
>"Network Connections" icon in the control panel. Both "Internet Explorer"
>and "Outlook Express" are operating flawlessly in both installations.
>
> I want to share files between two computers, and am having trouble doing
> so. The other computer displays the "disconnected network connections"
> screen when running the "Network Setup Wizard". Can the disconnected
> network connections screen have anything to do with my inability to share
> files? How do I handle it?
>
> Don J
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