ms <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:(E-Mail Removed):
> W2K/SP4
> Firefox, DUN
>
> I rarely install a freeware utility, so my machine is normally
> trouble- free. The only MS program I use is the OS, else is freeware.
> I do not believe this is a patch issue as I have run in a fairly
> unpatched situation on many machines for years with no issues, due to
> careful browsing.
>
> In a recent week, I had installed nothing, there was (AFAIK) no
> excitement at all on my hard drive. I shut down after cleaning, each
> evening.
>
> The next morning, went online, started browsing as usual, after an
> hour, it stopped browsing. DUN properties were normal, connection was
> normal, same Firefox version I've used for 6 months. I rebooted,
> normal again for rest of day. From then on, each day, part of the day
> it would not browse to my normal sites. I have another XP machine, it
> browsed normally at basically the same time of day. I established it
> was not an ISP issue, it was my machine.
>
> I finally went back to a one month-old registry and started over. That
> worked fine for the past 2 weeks, but this AM the problem started
> again. I browsed for 10 minutes normally, then it could not find any
> website. The sites I go to are my normal ones, so the firewall is not
> suddenly blocking them. I use the default host, don't edit it.
>
> I tried the following:
> - checked DUN properties, they all are normal
>
> - disable the firewall
>
> - ran ispfix utility
>
> - ran winsock fix utility, it said no change as everything was normal.
>
> Except troubleshooting above, I ran no host utilities or winsock
> effecting utilities.
>
> Advice?
>
> Mike
>
This AM, it is working again. A hidden problem is still a problem, so
hope to get some advice on troubleshooting.
Mike
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