Solved it. The SecurityKey was wrong in the registry. Thanks all

"Jack B. Pollack" <N@NE.nothing> wrote in message
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> 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
>
>