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Digger
Howdy, long time lurker, first time poster...
First off, I've been reading through this group for a few weeks trying
all suggestions that seemed to be related to this problem without any
success.
System - Windows XP SP1; AMD Athlon 1.7
All drivers up-to-date
Cable modem
Problem - websites consistently timeout. There's a strange pattern
though. I can browse a site (bioware for my favourite example) happily
for a few clicks. Selecting "search" or "forums" or such though, and the
logo turns (as if it's doing something, the cable modem indicates no
activity) and the bar at the bottom starts creeping along - but it never
finishes. I've left it for hours. Here's the kicker - I know the site
works. At this point any browser window that is open will do nothing at
any site. Additional browser windows fail to even load the home page. BUT
I can make that same URL work if I:
* <copy shortcut> on the URL that caused the failure
* exit all browser windows
* start a new IE and paste that URL - it works!
Same deal on all sites giving me this grief. But I can surf a site like
MSN all day long without a hiccup.
What I've tried:
* Run adaware, always updated (nothing comes up)
* Re-registered all DLL's, etc. as are listed in this group and on
microsoft's site
* Reinstalled Windows XP from the original CD. Tried this without the
patches from windowsupdate & with - no difference.
* Tried running without ZoneAlarm or Norton Antirus - no difference.
Reinstalled both apps thinking it may have been some weird conflict
* Checked event log for errors or warnings from IE - nothing.
* Reviewed all security settings (can't imagine this is it) to see if
there's anything obviously wrong. Also checked for nasty plugins and
purged anything downloaded as a control.
* Run the microsoft setup/integrity utility (sfc /scannow)
* Checked the registry keys as per one of the IE support pages
(improperly registered DLL's)
* Repaired the LAN connection in Network properties
I first thought it might be technology but the sites this is happening on
are a mixture of ASP/CGI/java/etc. No obvious pattern. I also thought it
might be when it's shifting from HTTP to HTTPS or back but the bioware
site doesn't use that. So I'm at something of a loss as to what to do.
I've seen this behaviour before and the only way I've ever been able to
correct it (previously on Windows ME) was to nuke Windows and start from
scratch rather than reinstall over an existing image.
any suggestions or help much appreciated...
First off, I've been reading through this group for a few weeks trying
all suggestions that seemed to be related to this problem without any
success.
System - Windows XP SP1; AMD Athlon 1.7
All drivers up-to-date
Cable modem
Problem - websites consistently timeout. There's a strange pattern
though. I can browse a site (bioware for my favourite example) happily
for a few clicks. Selecting "search" or "forums" or such though, and the
logo turns (as if it's doing something, the cable modem indicates no
activity) and the bar at the bottom starts creeping along - but it never
finishes. I've left it for hours. Here's the kicker - I know the site
works. At this point any browser window that is open will do nothing at
any site. Additional browser windows fail to even load the home page. BUT
I can make that same URL work if I:
* <copy shortcut> on the URL that caused the failure
* exit all browser windows
* start a new IE and paste that URL - it works!
Same deal on all sites giving me this grief. But I can surf a site like
MSN all day long without a hiccup.
What I've tried:
* Run adaware, always updated (nothing comes up)
* Re-registered all DLL's, etc. as are listed in this group and on
microsoft's site
* Reinstalled Windows XP from the original CD. Tried this without the
patches from windowsupdate & with - no difference.
* Tried running without ZoneAlarm or Norton Antirus - no difference.
Reinstalled both apps thinking it may have been some weird conflict
* Checked event log for errors or warnings from IE - nothing.
* Reviewed all security settings (can't imagine this is it) to see if
there's anything obviously wrong. Also checked for nasty plugins and
purged anything downloaded as a control.
* Run the microsoft setup/integrity utility (sfc /scannow)
* Checked the registry keys as per one of the IE support pages
(improperly registered DLL's)
* Repaired the LAN connection in Network properties
I first thought it might be technology but the sites this is happening on
are a mixture of ASP/CGI/java/etc. No obvious pattern. I also thought it
might be when it's shifting from HTTP to HTTPS or back but the bioware
site doesn't use that. So I'm at something of a loss as to what to do.
I've seen this behaviour before and the only way I've ever been able to
correct it (previously on Windows ME) was to nuke Windows and start from
scratch rather than reinstall over an existing image.
any suggestions or help much appreciated...