Interesting problem

[urslow]

HI,
Over the weekend, I had to reinstall XP Home, and I have suddenly developed
a odd problem with XP.
I'll explain:
FIRST and foremost. I CAN connect to the net, but from here on it gets odd.
My anti Virus program (AVG Anti-virus, and Mail Washer both say there is no
connection to the internet, but see above .

I reinstalled XP last night, and at somepoint the same issue came up, so I
uninsatlled all of the programs I thought may caused the problem, but NO,
it's still acting up. Does anyone have any ideas? This has me scratching my
head.

Thanks

 

[Rodney Kelp]

Probably nothing was wrong with your system. AVG had a problem establishing
an internet connection to their site a couple day ago. Your mail washer may
not connect because your NNTP connection to your isp's mail server may be
down temporarily. You should never panic when things stop working. You end
up causing more and permanant problems with your system. Wait a while, try
something else.
I have seen where I could not get any mail and my browser timed out getting
to my isp home page asking me to check my connection. BUT I could still
connect to another site! Make sure you don't screw up your system because of
things on the other end. The internet can have all kinds of things partially
down.

 

[Ron C]

Not sure if this is pertinent, but...
A few weeks ago I switched from dialup to dsl. I was able to connect to the
internet but not to my dsl provider's site. In the error message was a
string containing a reference to (Grisoft) AVG. After removing AVG from my
system everything worked fine.
~Ron Cavin
(not an expert, just a reasonably competent user)