I'm working on my friend's computer running Windows XP IE SP2. She can dial
up but then not access any sites. It always says Can not find page.

I ran Ad-aware and her McAfee with no luck.

I read through this newsgroup and read about repairing your IE, so I did
that with no luck.

I installed Firefox on her computer but it told me something about not
having a third party host (sorry, didn't get to read the whole thing.) So
firefox does not work either--can not load page.

Any other ideas? Thanks!

Hi,
Try this:
Log on as an administrator.
From Start> Run, type cmd, and then click OK.
At the command prompt, type the following, and then press ENTER:
netsh Winsock reset

Also try... Turn on the Windows firewall and disable a third-party firewall
if you're running one. Disable third-party security or ad-blocking programs,
toolbars, etc.

Other possibilities http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/16.html

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]


"bossneedshelp" <bossneedshelp[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> I'm working on my friend's computer running Windows XP IE SP2. She can
dial
> up but then not access any sites. It always says Can not find page.
>
> I ran Ad-aware and her McAfee with no luck.
>
> I read through this newsgroup and read about repairing your IE, so I did
> that with no luck.
>
> I installed Firefox on her computer but it told me something about not
> having a third party host (sorry, didn't get to read the whole thing.) So
> firefox does not work either--can not load page.
>
> Any other ideas? Thanks!

Just wanted to say Thank You. One of the pages you refered me to helped and
fixed her problem like a charm. I can't say enough how big of a help this
group is!!! Happy Holidays to all!

"bossneedshelp" wrote:

> I'm working on my friend's computer running Windows XP IE SP2. She can dial
> up but then not access any sites. It always says Can not find page.
>
> I ran Ad-aware and her McAfee with no luck.
>
> I read through this newsgroup and read about repairing your IE, so I did
> that with no luck.
>
> I installed Firefox on her computer but it told me something about not
> having a third party host (sorry, didn't get to read the whole thing.) So
> firefox does not work either--can not load page.
>
> Any other ideas? Thanks!
>
>