put the windows CD into the cd rom drive and do the following:

Start:
Run
type in:
sfc.exe /scannow

This will validate that all of the files are proper. After completion reboot
and then run a windows update and reboot again regardless of the results.
This should resolve the problem.

"Jack B. Pollack" wrote:

> Just removed lots of spyware & viruses from a WinXP SP2 computer.
>
> After removing all the junk the network connection no longer worked. I have
> spent the last few days rebuilding the TCP/IP stack, removing winsock etc.
> Finally I got the internet working again, but am unable to see other
> computers on the network.
>
> I have traced the problem down to 2 services that are not starting DHCP
> client and TCP/IP NetBios Helper. They are both set to Automatic, but do not
> start when the computer boots. If I manually start them the startup
> (quickly) and everything works correctly.
>
> Why are they not auto starting and how do I fix this?
>
> Thanks
>
>
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