I am in desparate need of help. I screwed up our home computer on Saturday while “checking out” the Network settings and haven’t been able to get on the internet at home ever since.
And my wife’s not really happy with me about that, either.
Here’s the story: my home computer is a homemade P-120, upgraded from a 486-66 years ago by a friend of mine who for years used it as a print server (or something similar) at his work. (It’s got an ethernet card, which is why I was checking out the settings.) Of course, we don’t use the network card–just the modem at home. So, after I was looking at the Network settings, I foolishly clicked “okay” instead of “cancel” and the next thing I know (I was still hooked up to the internet), I could no longer check my mail or open a page without encountering an error. When I logged off, I couldn’t even get reconnected.
So, I follow the instructions. Outlook says to check my Dial-Up settings, which I do. The properties are set to what my local ISP wants them set to. When I try to dial from Dial-Up, it tells me to remove Microsoft Dial-Up Adapter and reinstall it. So, I go to do that…
…and discover that Microsoft Dial-Up Adapter (MDUA from now on) doesn’t even exist anywhere on my computer! It wasn’t there to remove, and when I try to Add it, it doesn’t find it! Apparently, what I’ve got are two adapters, Nisd2(?)–or something like that, and NE 2000 Compatible from Novell. I’ve installed, uninstalled, and reinstalled these (each time with the TCP/IP protocol… I’m not a TOTAL computer idiot!), and still can’t get connected. The modem clicks, dials, hums, and sings, and just when I think I’m on… Disconnect, and a message to remove and reinstall MDUA. Which apparently doesn’t exist on my computer.
SO… I decide to get on-line here at the office (where I, like many, usually do) and find MDUA for Windows 98 and put it on disk and go home and install it. And despite zillions of google searches, I can’t actually find a MDUA file. Just lots of instructions that assume that somewhere on my hard drive there exists MDUA and my computer knows where.
Can anybody help me? As I figure it, either:
- One of those other adapters (or perhaps another that I haven’t found yet on the comptuer) can do the job, too, but I don’t know which it is or how to set it up. When NE 2000 is installed, it really screws up. Only when Nisd2(?) is installed can I at least talk to the modem, which still won’t talk to my ISP, or
- If I can find MDUA, then I can just install that and everything will work out for me, or
- I’m screwed.
That system again: P120, 32Mb RAM, 2Gb HD, Windows98. (We’re getting a new computer.)
Thanks for suffering a poor Windows fool…