Firewall Issue - Cant connect via broadband

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I recently uninstalled the mcafee desktop firewall and since then cant get access to my broadband connection. Issue with the Pc as I can use a laptop on the same connection. When I tried to reinstall the firewall it saya a driver is missing ?
question is how can I reset any firewall restrictions I may still have set on ?? The Win XP firewall is not on

I have tried to reinstall windows XP and tried the repair Windows XP option but this has not resolved the issue
Do I have to wipe the Pc and start from scratch ??

Hope someone can help with some advice / direction of what to look for

Thanks
 
Dave said:
I recently uninstalled the mcafee desktop firewall and since then
cant get access to my broadband connection. Issue with the Pc as I
can use a laptop on the same connection. When I tried to reinstall
the firewall it saya a driver is missing ?? question is how can I
reset any firewall restrictions I may still have set on ?? The Win XP
firewall is not on.

I have tried to reinstall windows XP and tried the repair Windows XP
option but this has not resolved the issue. Do I have to wipe the Pc
and start from scratch ???
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Check the McAfee web site for a support article that describes this
problem. Look for a section telling you how to manually uninstall the
McAfee desktop.

If that doesn't work, look for some McAfee process that is still running
and acting as a firewall and remove that process from starting using
msconfig, regedit or a third-party startup manager utility.

Or use Google Groups to see if this issue has been discussed in the
*windows* newsgroups.
 
Check your browser service.
Microsoft says you don't need it on, but I've seen
computers refuse to connect with it disabled of stopped.
It's an intermittent connection with the browser off.
Even the "NET USE" command is broken in these situations.
I've read MS's own instructions and it all makes sense
that we don't need the browser...then there's real life.
Since our Systems Group doesn't want it on, I fix the
connections by briefly turning the service on and running
this string of commands:
c:
cd \
net use * /d /y
NET USE /persistent:no
nbtstat -R
nbtstat -RR
arp -d *
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew

Then I turn the browser off again (until next time).
Rebooting or running the commands without the browser on
fixes nothing.
 
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