Good morning,
You staed that your Windows 7 "crapped out" and you installed XP. Did you find all your drivers for this OS? You will need the driver for your ethernet adapter in order to access the internet. The 1394 connection is a firewire adapter.
Hello, people!
I really need some help. This problem has been bugging me for ages! I used to use Windows 7, but that crapped out. So I have decided to switch to Windows XP. The install went well! But, I cannot connect to the internet!
In my network connections it says '1394 Connection', with no errors. But, when I unplug the Ethernet cable, nothing changes! Please, I really need help! Please find my DxDiag.txt file here.
Thank you so much!,
Duubztep

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