Ok, I opened network connections and opened the LAN properties, but my LAN was disabled. Should it be enabled? And just trying out something, I checked the "allow other network users to connect through this computer's internet connection." Don't know exactly what that means. Should it be checked? Just to see what happened, I tried disabling the wireless adapter, and the infamous BSOD occurred. Here's other information that might be pertinent (or not). The laptop did not have an internal wireless adapter, so I used the adapter that came with the router (it fits in the PCMCIA slot). Included was software to manage the wireless adapter. I installed the software, but later opted to have Windows manage my wireless adapter. Could this software be causing conflict? I don't know if the software has an actual name, it just had "Linksys Wireless-G Notebook Adapter." However, it is currently not running. The blue screens appear to happen when I attempt to repair a wireless connection or if I attempt to disable the wireless adapter. After the blue screen (I attempted to disable the wireless adapter as a test) I looked in event viewer and noted the following error message: The DHCP allocator has detected a DHCP server with IP address 192.168.15.1 on the same network as the interface with IP address 192.168.0.1. The allocator has disabled itself on the interface in order to avoid confusing DHCP clients. I followed the link to the Help and Support Center, but no information was displayed. I hope this information is helping! *********************Reply Separator****************************** Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Windows XP BSOD When Attempting Wireless Network Re Date: Wed, 31 Dec 2008 13:28:18 -0500 From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx> Every device on a network needs an address that the router or switch can use in order to 'route' data to and from it. Most networks default to addresses that start with 192.168.x.x. So, the first device would maybe get 192.168.1.1, the second receives 192.168.1.2, the third is 192.168.1.3, etc.. The router itself might use an internal address of 192.168.1.0. The ending numbers fully depend on what range of addresses the router is designed to provide, so they might look more like 192.168.255.100, 192.168.255.101, 192.168.255.102, etc.. By assigning a different internal address to each device, it becomes easy for the router to send incoming web data to the system that requested it without disturbing the rest of the systems on the network. In this case, it appears as if your laptop is fighting with the router over what address it needs to use. Normally, devices are set to simply accept whatever address is assigned by the router. My guess here is that your laptop was set up to demand from the router the specific address it wants to use, but that address has already been assigned to another system before the router receives that demand. What then occurs is that the laptop refuses to accept a different internal address, but the router cannot provide that one and a stalemate occurs where neither side gets what they want. The fix is to tell the laptop to stop demanding a specific address and let the router handle things by itself. This requires adjusting the laptop's networking settings a little. From within the laptop, go to Start > Network Connections. There are a few ways that Windows can be set up to present (or not present) this item, so just let me know if you don't see it there. If it shows you a submenu when you hover over it or click on it, click on the entry that corresponds to your network connection (probably the only one there). Once it opens, look for an entry that says something like "Local Area Network" or LAN. Under the Status column, you'll see that it's 'Connected'. Right click on it and select Properties. In the General tab, scroll through the list of items and double click on the one called "Internet Protocol (TCP-IP)" to open it up. On this General tab, both areas should be set to "Obtain ... automatically". In the Alternate Configuration tab, make sure that "Automatic ..." is again the one selected. When you're done, click OK twice to close both windows and set the new options in the registry. You should find that the problem no longer exists following your next reboot of the laptop. If you find that the settings are already set as above, let me know. If you find that the instructions above don't correspond to what you see when you try to follow them, let me know that, too. Happy Holidays, Gman "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask" --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To join the PCTableTalk off-topic group, send a blank email to: pctabletalk+subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------