steps to try to fix this
first off, in the console, type in "neat" and make sure eth0 is active, if its not, press activate
next, go over to the DNS tab and make sure you have a primary DNS, if not, open up mozilla and type in
http://216.239.41.99
if you see google, you will need to get your DNS information from windows
if it doesnt load google,
go to a terminal, and as root, run
ifconfig
if the readout for eth0 says
inetaddr: ##.##.##.##
and it says actual numbers, you are on the internet, if it doesnt, check to see if your nic card is even supported by linux