I upgraded my Compaq notebook from Win98 to Win2000 Pro
and have had nothing but trouble. At first I couldn't
connect to the Internet because of lack of some drivers.
Once I acquired the drivers I started downloading Win2000
service packs/updates/etc. While I was loading service
packs I crashed again. I had to restore to Win98, upgrade
to Win2000 and load the necessary drivers again. Now I can
connect to my ISP but I can't connect to the Internet. I
hear an audible "click" but I get "unavailable" error
messages. I tried downloading patches to floppy from
another computer but I couldn't run on my notebook because
of no Internet connection.Any help would be appreciated!
GEK

Can you ping anything? Your public DNS server's IP address? An Internet
host?

If it were me, frankly, I'd just install w2k from scratch - if you have
only an upgrade version of W2k, you should be able to use your W98 CD as a
"qualifying product" when prompted (won't work with a bundled OEM version,
note!!) Make sure you have handy: the NIC drivers, display drivers. Then
download & install any other needed drivers.

Upgrades in place suck, if you ask me. :-(

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