XP problem: connection has limited or no connectivity

My problem is that my laptop(Toshiba satellite A15-S129) running windows xp home will only let me surf the web when my external hard drive (Acom data 120GB) is turned on. This wouldn't be a big deal if this was a desktop computer, but i need to be able to surf without the hard drive connected. I noticed the problem a short time after I installed SP2 but not
sure if it is the cause, most likely the external hard drive was connected when I installed SP2. I've tried a restore point to before i had SP2 installed it didn't help. I tried just removing SP2 that also didn't work, then tried reinstalling it with no luck.

This isn't the only problem whenever I try browsing some of my files in explorer it crashes or if I open Microsoft word it eventually crashes too.

What info do you need to help me out?

 

Hi,
I am having the same problem, kind of...
My Ethernet connection won't go through the local network. It has exclamation point that says" limited connectivity or no connection" . I checked in the network connection and it says connected to my local network/router, but I can't connect to the internet.
I turned off the firewall (i'm using SP2) and uninstalled the network adapter and installing it for few times, still no luck.
I uninstalled and re-installed TCP/IP still no luck.
I was able to connect to the internet before I installed the SP2. But i read another post that going back to the restore point before SP2 didn't help.

Any input will be greatly appreciated...thank's..

 

Dear forum members:

I'm new at the forum, here is what I did when that message popped up in my comp.
After I downloaded and installed SP2:

1) First I turned off the Windows firewall and then ran the setup program for my ADSL modem again, finally I restarted my computer.

Hope this help
damr

 

My problem seems to be linked to my external hard drive. Besides I connect to the modem through a router. When the hard drive is off it says "connection has limited or no connectivity might not be able to access the internet or some network resources." I can print to a printer on the network but cannot access the internet. I tried the repair option and it says it could not finish repair because it cant renew my IP address. And for some reason I am able to renew my IP address when i turn on my external hard drive.

 

Hi,
I had similar problems with you. I'm not sure if you can solve it using this link (microsoft site) but i fixed 3 computer with similar problem. One comp had the ethernet icon with the message "limited or no connectivity, the others just won't connect to internet. I checked the LAN, and they were all connected, it just that it won't go pass the LAN network to connect to the internet. I played around with TCP/IP and re-installed them as well as the network card drivers. None worked.

After i did the instruction on microsoft's wesite, all the machines worked fines.
Hope this help..

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817571#appliesto

 

OK i got mine fixed using that windows site above and also this

http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

winsockxp fix

that is easier than the windows way and it does the same thing.

i do this to about 5 computers a day at work and it works on almost all of them and if not then i use the steps on the windows link

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817571#appliesto