On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 16:37:54 -0800, "jbclem"
<jbclem1@charter.net> wrote:

>Here's the solution to the main problem, network not connecting. In
>searching through Services, I discovered that the DHCP Client was stopped,
>and couldn't be started. Trying to start it produced an error message
>referring to dependencies and groups that weren't right, and an error #1068.
>Researching that found the information that when you uninstall a Symantic
>Norton Antivirus, it deletes a file called SYMTDI.sys and doesn't remove the
>registry entries associated with it. Unfortunately some of those registry
>entries create a dependency to DHCP and NetBios. I went through the
>registry and elminated the appropriate entries and after a reboot, my
>network connection was made and I have access again to the internet from
>this computer. Also, the computer boots up much quicker now. BTW, I
>normally use NAV 2003, and had uninstalled it with no problems. But I
>recently tried NAV 2005 and then uninstalled it, so I'll bet that caused the
>problem. Good old Norton Anti-Virus, the class of it's lot!
>
>A few more problems to solve, the most important is getting my CD-ROM to
>work, and I'm following an error message #31 for that.
>
>jc
>

Good to see you have sorted this out, and thank you for
posting the solution.

These kinds of bugs are one of the reasons I try to avoid
Norton/Symantec (and McAfee) products.