please help, i keep losing my internet connection

[soulm4tter]

I think this might be software related, but i'm not sure. Maybe by NIC is dying or something. I'm running WinXP Pro and every few minutes i lose my internet connection for some reason. I can go into My Network Places>Local Area Network>support>repair and i'll get my connection back. I have DSL with 2 systems connected to a hub. The other system does not lose its connection. So the problem is isolated to this system. It just started today. Yesterday i installed ZoneAlarm and was having problems with it locking my internet even when it was unchecked and locking up my system. I uninstalled and deleted some remaining registry keys. Then i went to bed. Now today i'm have this problem. What do you think?

 

[Wolfsraider]

I uninstalled and deleted some remaining registry keys. Then i went to bed. Now today i'm have this problem. What do you think?

since this caused the grief why not start here ?

since deleting the regestry keys might have caused the harm

did you back up the keys you deleted

have you tried system restore?

are you in a position to reinstall if necessary?

it sounds like you deleted something you shouldn't have but i can't help you here sorry

but you may get more help in the networking or os sections

hope this helps

 

[soulm4tter]

i don't think thats causing the problem. I started having the problem before i deleted any registry keys. It was only after i started having problems that i decided to see if zonealarm left any regsitry keys.

 

[Def]

Easy solution: Reinstalling Windows


It's just that way sometimes with a registry based OS. Even though there are tens, even hundreds of thousands of keys, most are "mission critical."

 

[soulm4tter]

any other ideas besides reinstalling?