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Since: Sep 13, 2005
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(Msg. 1) Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: At times, no browsing Archived from groups: microsoft>public>win2000>general (more info?)

Normally my W2000/SP4 custom desktop runs fine. It was built with SP4 installed 3 years ago, no patches since then, daily browsing (DUN) with Firefox and Xnews newsreader since then, never had problems until about 6 weeks ago. I don't use MS software except for the OS, no commercial software, usually small noinstall freeware utilities, has always been very troublefree. 6 weeks ago, on daily cold boot, worked fine one day, installed nothing, don't use registry cleaners, etc. The next day, DUN was normal, Firefox opened normally, but it was not browsing. I disabled the firewall, no help, I checked seveal things, everything seemed normal. I changed nothing. I went to another XP machine, works fine on same DUN connection. I ran several AV programs, clean results. The next day, browsing was normal. Normal for the next few weeks, one day, I sent an email, 5 minutes later it stopped browsing. I went back to a month-old registry, it started browsing again. Today it is again not browsing. I'm writing this in another computer. I have the rollup patch of about a year ago, waiting to install it after I backup everything. I just read an earlier post here that says W2K is very vulnerable, will get infected in minutes unless patched, that is not my experience, SP4 helps with some issues, I'm sure. Careful browsing makes a lot of difference also. The way my machine normally works, there is nothing basic wrong, it worked years OK. Is there a missing patch that would account for this strange situation, or what? ms

"John John

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Since: Apr 11, 2008
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: At times, no browsing [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

When Firefox stops browsing can IE still browse? Is there anything logged in the Event Log when this happens? Is the DHCP Client service running? John ms wrote: > Normally my W2000/SP4 custom desktop runs fine. It was built with SP4 > installed 3 years ago, no patches since then, daily browsing (DUN) with > Firefox and Xnews newsreader since then, never had problems until about > 6 weeks ago. > > I don't use MS software except for the OS, no commercial software, > usually small noinstall freeware utilities, has always been very > troublefree. > > 6 weeks ago, on daily cold boot, worked fine one day, installed nothing, > don't use registry cleaners, etc. > > The next day, DUN was normal, Firefox opened normally, but it was not > browsing. I disabled the firewall, no help, I checked seveal things, > everything seemed normal. I changed nothing. I went to another XP > machine, works fine on same DUN connection. I ran several AV programs, > clean results. > > The next day, browsing was normal. Normal for the next few weeks, one > day, I sent an email, 5 minutes later it stopped browsing. > > I went back to a month-old registry, it started browsing again. > > Today it is again not browsing. I'm writing this in another computer. > > I have the rollup patch of about a year ago, waiting to install it after > I backup everything. > > I just read an earlier post here that says W2K is very vulnerable, will > get infected in minutes unless patched, that is not my experience, SP4 > helps with some issues, I'm sure. Careful browsing makes a lot of > difference also. > > The way my machine normally works, there is nothing basic wrong, it > worked years OK. > > Is there a missing patch that would account for this strange situation, > or what? > > ms > >

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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: At times, no browsing [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

"ms" <ms.DeleteThis@invalid.com> wrote in message news:6l7bteFb0jacU1@mid.individual.net... > Normally my W2000/SP4 custom desktop runs fine. It was built with SP4 > installed 3 years ago, no patches since then, daily browsing (DUN) with > Firefox and Xnews newsreader since then, never had problems until about > 6 weeks ago. > > I don't use MS software except for the OS, no commercial software, > usually small noinstall freeware utilities, has always been very > troublefree. > > 6 weeks ago, on daily cold boot, worked fine one day, installed nothing, > don't use registry cleaners, etc. > > The next day, DUN was normal, Firefox opened normally, but it was not > browsing. I disabled the firewall, no help, I checked seveal things, > everything seemed normal. I changed nothing. I went to another XP > machine, works fine on same DUN connection. I ran several AV programs, > clean results. > > The next day, browsing was normal. Normal for the next few weeks, one > day, I sent an email, 5 minutes later it stopped browsing. > > I went back to a month-old registry, it started browsing again. > > Today it is again not browsing. I'm writing this in another computer. > > I have the rollup patch of about a year ago, waiting to install it after > I backup everything. > > I just read an earlier post here that says W2K is very vulnerable, will > get infected in minutes unless patched, that is not my experience, SP4 > helps with some issues, I'm sure. Careful browsing makes a lot of > difference also. > > The way my machine normally works, there is nothing basic wrong, it > worked years OK. > > Is there a missing patch that would account for this strange situation, > or what? > > ms > > At the command prompt try ipconfig /release also ipconfig /? to see other options

Dave Patrick

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Since: Oct 18, 2005
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Thu Oct 09, 2008 9:37 pm Post subject: Re: At times, no browsing [Login to view extended thread Info.] Archived from groups: per prev. post (more info?)

Also from a command prompt; ipconfig /all both before and after may reveal something. -- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "ms" wrote: > Normally my W2000/SP4 custom desktop runs fine. It was built with SP4 > installed 3 years ago, no patches since then, daily browsing (DUN) with > Firefox and Xnews newsreader since then, never had problems until about > 6 weeks ago. > > I don't use MS software except for the OS, no commercial software, > usually small noinstall freeware utilities, has always been very > troublefree. > > 6 weeks ago, on daily cold boot, worked fine one day, installed nothing, > don't use registry cleaners, etc. > > The next day, DUN was normal, Firefox opened normally, but it was not > browsing. I disabled the firewall, no help, I checked seveal things, > everything seemed normal. I changed nothing. I went to another XP > machine, works fine on same DUN connection. I ran several AV programs, > clean results. > > The next day, browsing was normal. Normal for the next few weeks, one > day, I sent an email, 5 minutes later it stopped browsing. > > I went back to a month-old registry, it started browsing again. > > Today it is again not browsing. I'm writing this in another computer. > > I have the rollup patch of about a year ago, waiting to install it after > I backup everything. > > I just read an earlier post here that says W2K is very vulnerable, will > get infected in minutes unless patched, that is not my experience, SP4 > helps with some issues, I'm sure. Careful browsing makes a lot of > difference also. > > The way my machine normally works, there is nothing basic wrong, it > worked years OK. > > Is there a missing patch that would account for this strange situation, > or what? > > ms > >

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