Saab post #6 - "Works for me."
Does not work for me. I cannot see that it is just a driver issue - the mobo ethernet chip is not even SEEN in safe mode. If it were drivers I could reinstall from the mobo CD.
I can see my wireless card, and it can 'see' the wireless network, but even then I don't seem able to connect that either. Bizarre. What can block the ethernet adapter in Safe mode? As I understand it I need neither drivers, services nor software just to see the adapter in device mgr - is that correct?