Internet connection problems

[nicks12345]

After installing Visual Studio .NET 2003 Professional on my new Win Xp
Pro machine, I am having internet connection problems.

Before I installed VS .NET, I had none of these problems.

I am using Mozilla Firefox 1.06, and my home page is
"http://www.google.com/". I am also using MS Office 2003, and Outlook
2003 for email. I have a cable modem for my internet connection.

I make sure all my system tray icons have loaded before I do these
steps.

When I first boot my computer, and I try to start Firefox, Firefox
cannot the google.com page. I have a toolbar button for Google New,
"http://news.google.com/", and when I click on it, sometimes google
news will be found. I can then click on my Home Page button and
Firefox will find the google.com page.

If I first start Outlook, outlook will always send emails, but
sometimes the receive will not work. If receive is not working,
sometimes clicking one the Send/Receive button again will get it to
work.

The main problem is after after several hours of no internet traffic, I
loose my internet connection. Internet browsers stop finding web pages
(Firefox and IE), and sometimes Outlook cannot receive email. Even
when Outlook can send/receive, Internet browsers will stop finding web
pages. The go to "Google news" fix does not work. How can my Internet
browsers stop working when Outlook can still send/receive? How come
this only happens when I have no traffic for an hour or more?

Please help me.

Thanks

 

[Guest]

I am having a problem on going back to granting my opera browser...please
emailme if you know anything about it. I don't know how to use this xp thing
at all

 

[Yves Leclerc]

You may have some spyware, virus or other setting that has screwed up the IP
protocol stack. Run an up to date virus check and check for spywares with:

AD Aware SE
Spybot: Search and Destroy 1.4
CWShredder
Microsoft AntiSpyware


Once your system is clean of viruses/spywares, run "Winsockxpfix.exe" to
completely reset the UCP/IP protocol stack to MS defaults.

 

[nicks12345]

Already done. I ran SpyBot Search and Destroy ver 1.4, AdAware SE
Personal Build 1.06r1, and Avast! ver 4.6 Home Edition. My computer
comes up clean, but I still have the problems. All the problems
started after I installed Visual Studio 2003.