On 2 Dec 2003 12:36:10 -0800, cmajewski@myway.com (ChasMays) wrote:

>No offense but these people have no clue what they are talking
>about...why would you tell a person who cannot get to the Internet to
>download a program from the Internet...stupid lemmings! Anyway, here
>is your fix...It from a Microsoft Article 318584...it works! You're
>basically deleting (first backing up) two Registry Keys, uninstalling
>TCP/IP, rebooting, and then reinstalling TCP/IP...Internet access
>restored!!!!
>
>CAUSE
>This behavior may occur if the WinSocks library or the TCP/IP stack
>are corrupted.
>RESOLUTION
>To resolve this issue, follow these steps.
>
>WARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause
serious
>problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system.
>Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result
>from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your
>own risk.
>
>
>Click Start, and then click Run.
>In the Open box, type Regedit, and then press ENTER.
>Navigate to the following registry key:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servi ces\Winsock
>
>On the Registry menu, click Export Registry File.
>In the File name box, type the name of the backup file; for example,
>type Winsock Registry key, and then click Save. Note the name of the
>folder in which the registration file is saved.
>Repeat steps 3 through 5 for the following registry key:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servi ces\Winsock2
>
>Delete the following keys from the registry:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servi ces\Winsock
>
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Servi ces\Winsock2
>
>NOTE: Steps 3 through 6 backed up the two registry keys. You can use
>the backup files to restore the keys in the event that your computer
>displays unexpected behavior. For more information about how to
>restore registry keys from .reg files, search the Registry Editor
Help
>files for the Import or export registry keys topic.
>
>
>Close the Registry Editor.
>Uninstall the TCP/IP protocol. To do this, follow these steps:
>In Control Panel, click Network and Dial-up Connections, right-click
>Local Area Connection, and then click Properties on the shortcut
menu.
>Under Components checked are used by this connection, click Internet
>Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Uninstall.
>Follow the on-screen instructions to uninstall TCP/IP.
>Restart your computer, and then reinstall TCP/IP if it is not
>installed automatically:
>In Control Panel, double-click Network and Dial-up Connections,
>right-click Local Area Connection, and then click Properties on the
>shortcut menu.
>Click Install.
>In the Select Network Component Type dialog box, click Protocol, and
>then click Add.
>Under Manufacturers, click Microsoft, click Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP)
>under Network Protocol, and then click OK.
>Follow the on-screen instructions to install TCP/IP.
>Reset your modem by turning the power off and then on.
>Test your Internet connectivity.

Dip****, he can apparently use KaZaa, so the TCP/IP stack is not
corrupted. Do you know what the IP stack is? Sounds like it's a
problem with IE itself, or, possibly, his DNS Configuration or proxy
configuration is screwed up (note that applications that DON'T use
HTTP seem to work fine for him).

DB wrote:
>page says Page cannot be displayed. I can log onto the internet but
cannot
>browse, I can send and receive email, check newsgroups and use p2p
programs

ChasMays brings up a good point although it wasn't at all what he
intended: What do to about the current problem. Try the following in
this order:

1. Check the DNS Configuration. Make sure nothing has hijacked it.
Generally, there should be no settings at all in the DNS Configuration
field for your TCP/IP protocol. Following ChasMays' advice would not
have un-f&%#ed a bad setting here. If you use DNSK, you can have the
DNS server search order set to 127.0.0.1 and nothing else, but
otherwise, it should almost always be blank, and set to Automatic.

2. Check IE and disable any proxies.

3. Check that you haven't made any firewall settings incompatible with
your network. Try allowing IE TCP & UDP out, to any address, and
allowing UDP to port 53 remote, ANY application, any IP address, and
reconfigure from there.

4. Try installing Mozilla from
ftp://128.193.0.3/pub/mozilla.org/mo.../mozilla1.5.1/
128.193.0.3 is ftp.mozilla.org, but if your browser can't DNS, this
should get around the problem and give you a browser that works and
actually is safe to use.

Install a browser -- even if an old version -- off a disk from
somewhere, and use that as the starting point to download something
more current. Hopefully, something more safe too, like Moz or Opera.
You might be able to FTP via your existing IE by trying the following:

Sponge
Sponge's Secure Solutions
www.geocities.com/yosponge
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