G
Guest
[Orig. posted in General XP, but this seems like a better fit] Hope someone
has a fix for me... Since Saturday or so I've been having problems with my
other desktop (XP Home upgraded to SP2 within last 2 weeks) connecting to the
internet and being accessible on my network- intermittent access is how I
would describe it, as 9 times out of 10 (or more) I cannot connect to a web
page at all (slow movement on progress bar, eventually timing out to 'page
cannot be displayed'). However, on very rare occasions I will connect to a
page that seems to load just fine, but then following a link on that page
inevitably returns me to the flapping MS flag and eventual familiar page
error.
First I thought it was a cable issue... swapped cables. No go. Then maybe a
screwy port on my router... swapped ports, no mas. Them possibly the router
itself... bypassed it and connected pc directly to cable modem, no dice. Of
course, I rebooted/reset ALL hardware (modems, router, pcs) at each step.
None of these fixed anything. So I contacted HP support and spent quite a
while with 2 of their techs today, troubleshooting various things (mostly
which I'd already done), as well as update the driver of my network card.
Resulting in more of the same. So I decided as a last-ditch effort I'd roll
back to a previous restore point. That's when I noticed 'Software
Distribution Service 2.0' on Saturday. I attempted to restore to right before
that item on Sat, but eventually was told I could not restore to that
point... try again. Tried the previous point that day, same message. Tried
the day before, same mess (pun intended).
Now if I understand correctly, this SDS 2.0 program delivers the windows
automatic updates and itself is not likely the culprit of my problems. But
how do I know what it delivered/installed, since this was around the time I
began experiencing my connection problem?
ANY suggestions & comments, or a FIX would be greatly appreciated! If more
information is needed, I'll be checking back often. THANKS in advance, all!
PZ
has a fix for me... Since Saturday or so I've been having problems with my
other desktop (XP Home upgraded to SP2 within last 2 weeks) connecting to the
internet and being accessible on my network- intermittent access is how I
would describe it, as 9 times out of 10 (or more) I cannot connect to a web
page at all (slow movement on progress bar, eventually timing out to 'page
cannot be displayed'). However, on very rare occasions I will connect to a
page that seems to load just fine, but then following a link on that page
inevitably returns me to the flapping MS flag and eventual familiar page
error.
First I thought it was a cable issue... swapped cables. No go. Then maybe a
screwy port on my router... swapped ports, no mas. Them possibly the router
itself... bypassed it and connected pc directly to cable modem, no dice. Of
course, I rebooted/reset ALL hardware (modems, router, pcs) at each step.
None of these fixed anything. So I contacted HP support and spent quite a
while with 2 of their techs today, troubleshooting various things (mostly
which I'd already done), as well as update the driver of my network card.
Resulting in more of the same. So I decided as a last-ditch effort I'd roll
back to a previous restore point. That's when I noticed 'Software
Distribution Service 2.0' on Saturday. I attempted to restore to right before
that item on Sat, but eventually was told I could not restore to that
point... try again. Tried the previous point that day, same message. Tried
the day before, same mess (pun intended).
Now if I understand correctly, this SDS 2.0 program delivers the windows
automatic updates and itself is not likely the culprit of my problems. But
how do I know what it delivered/installed, since this was around the time I
began experiencing my connection problem?
ANY suggestions & comments, or a FIX would be greatly appreciated! If more
information is needed, I'll be checking back often. THANKS in advance, all!
PZ