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lemel_man
I have a friend running XP Pro+SP3 on a laptop. She connects to the net
via a 3G modem (made by Huawei) that plugs into a USB port.
All was fine for almost a year, but about 6 weeks ago the problem
occurred. She cannot access 3 websites: Google, eBay, and MSN Hotmail.
She can access all other sites she's tried, but not these 3. She's tried
IE and Firefox, but gets the same with either one.
I've tried unplugging the 3G modem and connecting wirelessly via my ADSL
router, and that works fine. She took the modem back to where she bought
it; they tried it out on another machine, it worked fine and she was
able to access those 3 sites.
I installed the latest firmware to the modem, complete with the latest
driver, the problem remains.
She is using McAfee for protection.
The only thing she can think of that changed about 6 weeks ago was the
upgrading to SP3.
Does anybody have any ideas as to how to fix it? Could it be SP3? Is it
possible to remove SP3?
Like I said: a REALLY strange problem!
via a 3G modem (made by Huawei) that plugs into a USB port.
All was fine for almost a year, but about 6 weeks ago the problem
occurred. She cannot access 3 websites: Google, eBay, and MSN Hotmail.
She can access all other sites she's tried, but not these 3. She's tried
IE and Firefox, but gets the same with either one.
I've tried unplugging the 3G modem and connecting wirelessly via my ADSL
router, and that works fine. She took the modem back to where she bought
it; they tried it out on another machine, it worked fine and she was
able to access those 3 sites.
I installed the latest firmware to the modem, complete with the latest
driver, the problem remains.
She is using McAfee for protection.
The only thing she can think of that changed about 6 weeks ago was the
upgrading to SP3.
Does anybody have any ideas as to how to fix it? Could it be SP3? Is it
possible to remove SP3?
Like I said: a REALLY strange problem!