We had an awful storm on July 4th that knocked out our power with a clap of thunder. When I turned my computer back on, WinXP suddenly informed me that a network cable was unplugged. Tried other cables; same problem. Got a new modem from Charter; no help. Last night I finally buckled and bought a new ethernet card (down to $20 these days) and now I'm online again-- except that WinXP still reports that a network cable is unplugged and refuses to believe otherwise. I'm officially done with Windows. My next computer, desktop or laptop or whatever it may be, is going to be a Mac.