Constant incrementing NIC and Network numbers

[MacDknife]

Hi!
Please help me! Does anyone know how to reset these constantly incrementing NIC and Network settings/numbers in my Windows XP? ( I now have NIC#3 and local network#6 ). There are different ways these increase, e.g. changed NICs, hard resets or upgrades. Now, although I have a cablemodem and am constantly on-line, the computer doesn't sense the network automatically. I have to retry for it to connect. It even believes that I still have the old NIC in place and won't let me enter the IP address without complaining that it is being used by another NIC - although it's the same NIC! I am not sure if this is a function for some purpose, or just a bug.

Thanking you in advance,
MacDknife

 

[~Candy~]

Moved to networking as requested, and this post will get you back to the top.........

 

[JohnWill]

Can you remove all the networking components, reboot and let Windows rediscover them? That's how I usually fix this sort of problem.

 

[NameTooLong]

If I understand you correctly, the NIC#3 and local network#6 can be renamed like any other file. As for Windows not auto-detecting the network, I can only come up with going into Folder Options, clicking the View tab, and checking Automatically search for network folders and printers though I doubt that will make a difference it is worth a try.