Buffers, sockets... argh!

[Doc]

P4 2.GHz
1gb RAM
40gb free HDD
Windows XP home, SP2

For the last week or so, I have been gradually losing internet connectivity
during a session. i.e:- I could be surfing the net, and after a while,
clicking a link will take me to an IE error screen that tells me that the
page can't be reached. From that moment on, I won't be able to connect to
anything on the internet until I reboot. The only useful message I get from
anything is if I try to run World of Warcraft, and that is:

"Unable to establish a connection to socket: No buffer space is available.
The socket cannot be created/connected."

Interestingly, if I am already connected to World of Warcraft, I can
continue playing for as long as I want, even though I can't check my email
or look at web pages.

I recently installed an older version of Norton system works (2003) but this
is still later than my version of WinXP (2002) and I'm not convinced it's
causing the problem. I also recently changed some settings in Azureus, but
the problem persists even if I have not run Azureus that session.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Doc]

If no-one can help with this problem, could someone suggest a more
appropriate forum or newsgroup?

TIA

Doug

 

[Bob I]

Norton is NOT later than Windows XP SP2 (August 2004), that is likely
the problem.

 

[Doc]

Ahh!. My Windows is dated 2002, but I guess the date was from the original
non SP-2 retail pack.

Right! Nortons it out of here

Thanks for helping.

 

[chacmool_fr]

Did you finally solve your problem??

I think i'm havig just the same problem .

thanks,

-chak

 

[Doc]

Unfortunately, no.

Just for a bit of extra info, the IE error I get is...

QUOTE
The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be
experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser
settings.
/QUOTE

Followed by the usual advice, and right at the end...

QUOTE
Cannot find server or DNS Error
/QUOTE

Looks like an XP re-install is called for :-(

Doug (Doc)

 

[Doc]

I've tried everything I can, nothing will solve this problem. I've Googled
the error message and found a couple of other cases, but unfortunately,
no-one had an answer for the others either. I guess it's re-format time
(which is going to cause huge traumas here).

Doug (Doc)