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@oiekeooiyw
yup. winsock didn't fix the machine.
well, yesterday i ended up doing another wipe/reinstall. i have yet to install the other programs that were on the system prior to this wipe. i guess i will see if the NIC stays operative. i'm also anxious to see whether some third-party program is fuxin' things up... (i'm looking at you, Norton Internet Security...)
thanks to all that gave suggestions and moral support. i wish i could find the culprit for this NIC problem, but alas, being an eMachine, chalk it up to sheer crappy-ness.
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