Windows 7 Trouble Connecting With Comcast  

A few days ago i decided to upgrade to Windows 7 64 bit from Windows Home 32 Bit.

The installation went well with no problems at all, the problem began as soon as i tried to get online. I have cable internet with Comcast, when I open the hardware manager i see my network card that i had with Vista, which it seems to be working fine and an extra item under Other Devices "Ethernet Controller" with an exclamation mark on it.

I upgraded the drivers for the network card, the motherboard and still shows as troubled. I have disabled it also and when i do that i get another message to plug an ethernet cable which i have made sure plenty of times that it is.

Anyone has heard of this problem before? I would really appreciate any help that you may have. I am enclosing the ss of the device manager and the windows for both items.

Please feel free to ask any questions and I will try to answer them.

sadly I am at work atm, I will get you this information as soon as possible.

ok i managed to get a hold of what the detail says on the item:

PCI\VEN_1317&DEB_0985&SUBSYS_05741317&REV_11

---------- Post added at 07:27 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:25 PM ----------

yeah i installed that one too

ok so i managed to find what it was wrong with it. I am sure you folks will laugh at it. After installing tons of "drivers" last night, i decided to start all over again but this time, i removed my network card which was a "Lynksys" and was not listed on the Device Manager, and plugged the cable to the mobo ethernet plug and BAM it found it, patched it and was able to get online right away.

Thank you very much for your help.

yes the item was attached when i did it. I think the big problem was that i was not seeing the Lynksys card on the device manager at all, so I could not upload the new driver for it. Probably if i installed it now i am sure it would see it.