Are u affected by gaobot virus? ( affected system WinNT, W2k, Wxp )
It will amend your hosts file and which casue many web page can;t load.
You may go to system32\drivers\etc\hosts to have a look.
BT
"Lim Cheng Yeow" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I assembled a PC with the following items:
> Intel D865GBF Motherboard
> Intel Pentium 4 2.8GHz CPU
> Hynix PC3200 DDR 400 MHz DDR 256MB Memory
> Seagate 7200 rpm 40GB hard disc drive
> Sony 52X32X52 CD-RW drive
>
> Loaded my system with Windows 2000 Professional. Started
> surfing with my USB Cable Modem. 2 terrible things
> happened.
>
> 1. When I hit a site that has difficulty assessing, I get
> the usual "This page cannot be displayed" message.
> Thereafter, I will lose my connection and need to restart
> to be able to surf again.
>
> 2. My system can even restart by itself when I simply
> click on an address in my favorite list.
>
> Update to Service Pack 4 and the problem persisted.
>
> Downgraded to Windows 98 Second Edition and I was able to
> surf without any problems.
>
> Upgraded to Windows 2000 Professional and the same problem
> came back.
>
> Will be trying Windows XP Home Edition soon. Don't know if
> there will be a problem.
>
> What is wrong with Windows 2000? What settings did I set
> wrongly?
>
> Please help.
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