Internet not working on one computer in my network, taskbar hourglasses for about five minutes at startup?

Question

Really strange....I'm thinking it might be the NIC card itself, but what say you?

Okay, at work we have 4 computers all connected to the internet wired through a linksys router....yesterday, everything was fine, today not so much. The computer which stores and shares all our vital information is not connecting to the internet, therefore, we can't access that computer to get at our files and such. I tried uninstalling the driver for the network adapter and reboot, nothing. If I click 'Repair' it tells me 'failed to query TCP/IP setting of the connection.' All the other computers connect to the internet just fine, this one doesn't....if I hit 'Details' to see the IP address, it doesn't show ANYTHING. Everything is blank. Another thing it started doing is when I boot up the machine, move the cursor down to the taskbar, it'll have an hourglass for a good five minutes before I can do anything....not sure if that has anything to do with the internet problem but.....anyone help me out?

Nice suggestion, but tried it and it said it isn't available, almost like I am not connected to the router or anything......I bet my card is dead, but I'll keep looking.

Answer 1

1. Reinstall the driver.
2. Reboot
3. If problem persists, open a cmd prompt.
4. type in 'ipconfig /release' (without the quotes)
5. Wait a few seconds, then type 'ipconfig /renew'
6. Also make sure the cable isn't dead. I spent over 20 minutes figuring out that my cable had been rolled over by someone's chair once:/

Answer 2

I would do everything the guy above me said to do. Then I would run antispy and anti-virus scans. That guy had some great advice.