cannot find network hardware

Hi Guys,
Using xp sp3. Under Start, Control Panel, Networking Connections, I get a
"cannot find network hardware" message. Also no items show up when I use
Device Manager. I think this may have happened after I installed MMC, however
I cannot find out how to uninstall this service. I have check forums and some
newgroups with no success. I also set the show hidden details in Device
Manager. I have admin rights and I believe that these two conditions are
somehow related. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks
Buddy

For the latter: Go to Start/Administrative Tools/Services. Scroll down to
Plug and Play Service and stop and restart it. Once done the Device Manager
will populate again.


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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"Buddy" <Buddy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:138CD5FF-404D-4D34-9290-7DE92506BFCA@microsoft.com...
> Hi Guys,
> Using xp sp3. Under Start, Control Panel, Networking Connections, I get a
> "cannot find network hardware" message. Also no items show up when I use
> Device Manager. I think this may have happened after I installed MMC,
> however
> I cannot find out how to uninstall this service. I have check forums and
> some
> newgroups with no success. I also set the show hidden details in Device
> Manager. I have admin rights and I believe that these two conditions are
> somehow related. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> --
> Thanks
> Buddy