dns error

[Guest]

I'm running windows XP home edition on dialup (sprint), and have been
receiving 'this page will not load/dns error' messages. They're not happening
all the time, and it isn't page specific.

Two other possibly unrelated things. When I typed yahoo.ca into to the
address bar, down in the left hand corner by 'Finding Page:'? It was coming
up as www.www.yahoo.ca www.yahoo.ca.com.com etc.

Then when I attempted to connect to AVG to retrieve updates a messages
saying 'sever name can't be converted to IP address' came up.

I've since downloaded McAfee and my computer comes up virus free.
Apparently. This has all pretty much happened within the last five days. I
really only know enough about computers to use them, so searching help topics
only gets me so far as I'm not quite sure what to look for.

Thank you to anyone that will help.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

What does

ipconfig /all

report for your DNS Server(s)?



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[Guest]

Thanks for responding.

I hope this is what you mean.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Jennifer.ENLIN>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : enlin
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

PPP adapter Dial-up Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 149.99.234.254
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 149.99.234.254
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 204.50.251.189
204.50.251.253

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

The listing for the DNS Servers looks OK. Have you contacted Sprint to see
they have any problems?

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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Thanks for responding.

I hope this is what you mean.

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 204.50.251.189
204.50.251.253

Hi

What does

ipconfig /all

report for your DNS Server(s)?

 

[Guest]

Yes to both. They are having problems, but only with their mail service.

The tech I just spoke with had me go under internet options - advanced, and
set everything to default. Then open msconfig, go into startup and select
disable all. I don't know if it has helped, but I'm hoping.