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Tom Perkin
Hello,
Having installed XP from scratch, I ran windows update. It
downloaded and installed a series of hotfixes, listed below. After
rebooting, web browsing through IE is showing some strange behaviour.
Many pages time out, including www.windowsupdate.com itself when it
gets to the point where it redirects to
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/default.aspx?ln=en-us
Google itself remains fast, but when clicking on links from google, the
page
is *very slow* to load or times out. This mostly doesn't occur if I
type the URL directly into the address bar. I have tested on unvisited
pages in order to control for cached pages.
Google links redirect like:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://sourceforge.net/&e=...
It seems to have something to do with redirection, or possibly
connection to a server that wasn't the original one requested. Another
efect seems to be that if I go to a site whose page contains elements
from multiple servers, it times out on the secondary elements. For
example, from www.hp.com it loads most of the page, but times out on a
component from hphqglobal.112.2o7.net.
I have tried installing SP2 from the 270MB package that contains
everything, but ths has not helped. I am convinced upstream
connectivity is fine since other machines on the same LAN are fine. I
have run an up to date Symantec Virus scan on the machine, and ad-aware
came back with nothing so I don't think it is a security breach.
Any suggestions appreciated.
warm regards,
-tom
Details:
Base install: windows XP pro SP1a (from a CD)
hotfixes applied (extracted from windowsUpdate.log)
816093: Security Update Microsoft Virtual Machine (Microsoft VM)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB828741)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB873339)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885836)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890175)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888302)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB891781)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888113)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB873333)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB835732)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB893086)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB892944)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB893066)
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
(KB890923)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890859)
Security Update for Windows Messenger (KB887472)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885835)
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - May 2005 (KB890830)
Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1
Hardware:
Via MEII6000 mini-ITX motherboard with integrated ethernet, graphics
and sound.
Other software installed:
Firefox
ultraVNC server and viewer
VIA drivers for audio, Rhine ethernet and S3 graphics adapters.
Having installed XP from scratch, I ran windows update. It
downloaded and installed a series of hotfixes, listed below. After
rebooting, web browsing through IE is showing some strange behaviour.
Many pages time out, including www.windowsupdate.com itself when it
gets to the point where it redirects to
http://v5.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/v5consumer/default.aspx?ln=en-us
Google itself remains fast, but when clicking on links from google, the
page
is *very slow* to load or times out. This mostly doesn't occur if I
type the URL directly into the address bar. I have tested on unvisited
pages in order to control for cached pages.
Google links redirect like:
http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=U&start=1&q=http://sourceforge.net/&e=...
It seems to have something to do with redirection, or possibly
connection to a server that wasn't the original one requested. Another
efect seems to be that if I go to a site whose page contains elements
from multiple servers, it times out on the secondary elements. For
example, from www.hp.com it loads most of the page, but times out on a
component from hphqglobal.112.2o7.net.
I have tried installing SP2 from the 270MB package that contains
everything, but ths has not helped. I am convinced upstream
connectivity is fine since other machines on the same LAN are fine. I
have run an up to date Symantec Virus scan on the machine, and ad-aware
came back with nothing so I don't think it is a security breach.
Any suggestions appreciated.
warm regards,
-tom
Details:
Base install: windows XP pro SP1a (from a CD)
hotfixes applied (extracted from windowsUpdate.log)
816093: Security Update Microsoft Virtual Machine (Microsoft VM)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB828741)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB873339)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885836)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890175)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888302)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB891781)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB888113)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB873333)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB835732)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB893086)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB892944)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB893066)
Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1
(KB890923)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB890859)
Security Update for Windows Messenger (KB887472)
Security Update for Windows XP (KB885835)
Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool - May 2005 (KB890830)
Microsoft Windows Installer 3.1
Hardware:
Via MEII6000 mini-ITX motherboard with integrated ethernet, graphics
and sound.
Other software installed:
Firefox
ultraVNC server and viewer
VIA drivers for audio, Rhine ethernet and S3 graphics adapters.