Broadband problems after XP install...

OK, I know that asking a serious question in here is stupid, but at least it's likely to get looked at...

Until Yesterday I was happily running Win98SE. so I installed XP, but as I am a lazy a$$hole, I went for an 'Upgrade' install so I didn't have to spend my life re-installing all my software Etc.

I now have everything working fine, but I can't <i>quite</i> get my broadband working. it's a thomson speedtouch 330 USB ADSL modem. Thing is, I lost the original CD that came with the package, so I just downloaded the drivers from the ISP's site (prior to XP-ing my machine), and the modem is installed and working fine, and connects quite happily, but I can't browse the web at all, but dodgy P2P stuff (e.g. Kazaa Lite) works fine.

It seems it can't find a DNS server or something, but as far as I know it's all set up exactly the same as it was - my flatmate has a laptop with the stuff installed that I can compare with.

Any ideas?

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Epox 8RDA+ V1.1 w/ Custom NB HS
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get you a 28.8 kbps modem and then you can connect....



yeah dowhat RC said it should work, if not call the company the'll talk ya thru it.

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thanks for the responses..

I've tried Plugging/Unplugging, uninstalling/re-installing, reboots etc.. I still have the same problem

As far as can tell all the Networking stuff is the same as it was - and same as the flatmate's XP laptop. (I'm always having to mess with that sort of stuff at work, so I'm fairly confident with it).

I'll have a look at killing unnecessary services etc later on though, thanks.

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Epox 8RDA+ V1.1 w/ Custom NB HS
Summer's here! so ease off the overclock...
XP1700+ @166x12 (~2Ghz), 1.45 Vcore
2x256Mb Corsair PC3200LL 2-2-2-4
Sapphire 9800Pro 400/730

That's what I thought, but mozilla (& Kazaa Lite's built-in browser, not that I've ever actually used it before) both give the same problems, and e-mail also doesn't work.

most Perplexing. I've installed a few XP systems and not had this problem, but I've never tried upgrading like this before. I might just say to hell with it and format the fcuker, but I'll try to find an original CD first...

It's annoying, because apart from this, everything else is peachy.

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Epox 8RDA+ V1.1 w/ Custom NB HS
Summer's here! so ease off the overclock...
XP1700+ @166x12 (~2Ghz), 1.45 Vcore
2x256Mb Corsair PC3200LL 2-2-2-4
Sapphire 9800Pro 400/730

It a USB ADSL modem, so it's neither of them.

The only thing I've changed is the OS (98SE -> XP Pro), and in doing I had to re-install the modem drivers, but I didn't have the original install CD (no idea where it's gone), but I <i>did</i> have just the drivers for the modem, which I installed and it seems ok.

like I said, straight P2P stuff works, but no browsers seem able to resolve URLs into IP addresses, which makes me think that all I need is Some DNS server addresses.

The ISP is "BT Openworld"... But any idea if I can just use another ISP's DNS servers? I tried the ones we have for our Demon account at work, to no avail.

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Epox 8RDA+ V1.1 w/ Custom NB HS
Summer's here! so ease off the overclock...
XP1700+ @166x12 (~2Ghz), 1.45 Vcore
2x256Mb Corsair PC3200LL 2-2-2-4
Sapphire 9800Pro 400/730