Hello,

Newbie here. I recently installed a few registry patches that I found on a guy's website (known as "Black Viper") that are supposed to speed up my Windows XP. Problem is, the patches somehow removed my internet connection, and when I go to my Network Connections window, it's empty... no connection icons are shown. When I called my ISP's technical support, they were clueless once I told them my Network Connections window was empty. I tried contacting BV, but I get the feeling it'll be a while before he gets back to me with any suggestions. Does anyone know how I can get the connection back? I unfortunately did not have restore feature turned on (enabled it but forgot to reboot) and I apparently messed up when I backed up my original registry... ok, I admit it, I didn't back up my registry because I'm a lazy fool.

So can anyone help this lazy fool?

Asus A7N8X Deluxe
AMD XP2400
512 MB RAM
GeForce3 500
WindowsXP
SBC Global DSL