Accidentally uninstalled Ethernet Controller
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nao1120
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It would help to know the make and model of your desktop unit?
1 - However, If you have a USB stick for example. You should just go to the manufactures website of that desktop for example, search the model, and download the driver to the USB stick ( on a working computer ) and install from USB and so on on the affected one.
2 - If its a custom build, you would need to know the motherboard make, Search on that manufactures site the same way (unless you have the motherboard disc), ie: Asus motherboard, go to www.asus.com and support, drivers and download it.
Its a long shot, Windows sometimes may auto-detect it in device manager and reinstall it, double click in the device manager (question mark of the device in question), or right click and attempt to scan for hardware changes. Perhaps it'll find it if it was installed once.
1 - However, If you have a USB stick for example. You should just go to the manufactures website of that desktop for example, search the model, and download the driver to the USB stick ( on a working computer ) and install from USB and so on on the affected one.
2 - If its a custom build, you would need to know the motherboard make, Search on that manufactures site the same way (unless you have the motherboard disc), ie: Asus motherboard, go to www.asus.com and support, drivers and download it.
Its a long shot, Windows sometimes may auto-detect it in device manager and reinstall it, double click in the device manager (question mark of the device in question), or right click and attempt to scan for hardware changes. Perhaps it'll find it if it was installed once.
geofelt
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If you built the pc yourself, you should have a CD that came with the motherboard. There should be a working version of your Ethernet driver there.
Otherwise, you will need to find the driver from a different pc and download it to a usb stick and use that to reinstall the Ethernet driver.
Otherwise, you will need to find the driver from a different pc and download it to a usb stick and use that to reinstall the Ethernet driver.
hhugorivera
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Click start and type "device manager" (no quotes). then go to your ethernet device and right click on it. Select scan for software changes then select update driver software . If your component is from a trusted brand it will install automatically. If not then use a cd with the driver. 
Normally windows 7 will provide you with the necessary drivers for it to work without having to install anything.
Normally windows 7 will provide you with the necessary drivers for it to work without having to install anything.
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