Stumped!!!!!

[Guest]

I have a system that will not browse the Internet. O/S is XP Prof SP2, Clean
of Viruses and Spyware, IE 6.0 nor Mozilla Firefox can browse. Using a
internal 10/100 NIC. Can ping my IP gateway, yahoo.com, etc. I can nslookup
yahoo.com and other public domains. My internal subnet (shares) are working,
thus ruling out a bad NIC. Internal network is peer-to-peer. Firewall's are
disabled. I've compared services, local policies and routing table to another
system that can browse the Internet from the same network, all are
consistant. All Internet options in IE have been compared to other systems
that browse OK, these settings are consistant. All Advanced IP settings are
OK. HOSTS & LMHOST files are clean. I've flushed DNS cache...

When in IE and entering an address s/a www.msn.com; a stop box come up with:

Internet Explorer could not open the search page.

What's going on!!!!!! Help.

 

[Jon Kennedy]

See this site for possible help:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers.htm#dns

 

[Guest]

Tried or have tried everything the link suggests, still nothing. I've logged
in to a new user w/ admin rights, thus creating a new user profile and I've
un-installed IE and re-Installed IE. still nothing...
--
B. Knight
MCSE, MCP, CCA

See this site for possible help:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers.htm#dns

 

[PA Bear]

Check for hijackware:

Help with Hijackware
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://aumha.org/a/quickfix.htm
http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=5878
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/prevention.htm
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/tshoot.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/Malware_Defence.htm
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/

 

[Jan Il]

Hi B

This may also be due to a damaged Winsock. In addition to the information
already provided, you might also check the following:

Run LSP-Fix - a free program to repair damaged Winsock 2 stacks
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
or
LSPFix
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html

and..

WINSOCKXPFIX - XP
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
WinsockXP Fix- WinXP
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
with instructions, at
http://www.iup.edu/house/resnet/winfix.shtm
also….. From LavaSoft- all versions of Windows-
http://digital-solutions.co.uk/lavasoft/whndnfix.zip
(NOTE: It is reported that in XP SP2, the command netsh winsock reset
will fix this problem without the need for these programs

and/or…..

Winsock Fix Utility
http://www.dfwonline.net/files/WinsockFix.zip

Can't Connect to Internet With Internet Explorer
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/ie_tips.htm#winsock_fix

Hope this helps

Jan
MS MVP - IE/OE
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