Hi Twins
This afternoon, I updated my ISP from Earthlink Total
Access 2003 to Earthlink Total Access 2005. Everything was
fine. After I did that, I shut down the computer.
When I booted up this evening and got online, I went to a
forum (delphforums.com) that I like to frequent. THis is a
page where I have my username and password. When I
clicked "login" it came back saying that my membername and
password were a mismatched combination. I blinked and
tried again. Same username and password that I've been
using for a long time.
Still wouldn't accept me. So I told forums to email me a
temporary password. This also didn't work.
Concerned, I went to another forum called Go Jabber. This
site didn't let me log in either. Knowing that both of
these sites required cookies, I went to inbox.net, another
site that requires a cookie to log in. Inbox.net let me
get on. Delphi and Jabber have not.
Since the only change on my computer today has been
downloading and installing Earthlink TOtal Acces 2005, I
called them. I was informed that it wasn't Earthlink's
fault and to contact Microsoft. So here I am.
Try the following information and see if it helps.
Tools --> Internet Options --> Connections
Click settings, untick any proxy settings, or "automatically detect" etc
Click OK
Click LAN settings, do the same.
Click OK
or........
Tools | Internet Options | Security tab:
Make sure the slider is set to 'Medium' level for 'Internet' (and not to
high!).
Privacy tab
Set the slider to 'Medium'.
Connections tab
If you are using a proxy, then look under 'Advanced' in the 'LAN Settings'.
Make sure the proxy address for 'Secure' is right.
Advanced tab
Click 'Restore defaults' here.
or...............
This may be a Firewall issue; are you 100% Sure you don't have any Firewall,
AntiVirus, or server software running? Also check your HOSTS file.
2K/XP Start - Run %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc -> Open hosts with
Notepad and make sure there is not any entry's for hotmail etc.
If still no joy, try the following in case some files were somehow skewed
during the transition.
Repair Internet Explorer
Be sure that your AV and firewall is disabled before starting:
1. Close all Internet windows and programs, then the Click the Start tab
on the bottom task bar.
2. Click Settings
3. Click Control Panel
4. Click on Add/Remove Programs
5. Find and highlight your IE version in the list
6. Click the Add/Remove tab on the dialog box under the window
7. When the Wizard window opens you should see a Repair Internet Explorer
8. Click the radio button or box next to it, then click OK
9. Let it run the repair
10. Reboot you computer
or......
Be sure that your AV and firewall is disabled:
Method 2 in this article works on earlier versions of Windows.
How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318378
or.................
If you have not already done so, then you might try a repair of IE6 as
follows:
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q194/1/77.asp&NoWebContent=1
or
http://snipurl.com/6s3r
For XP Repair of IE - Courtesy of Robert Aldwinckle
XP users who have installed IE6sp1 before upgrading to XPsp1
will have setupwbv.dll and will be able to do a repair using
rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance
Otherwise, they have to use
sfc /scannow
etc., or reinstall IE6 (Ref: KB318378)
or......................
Courtesy of Jim Byrd:
There is no direct Repair function for IE6 in XP. Here are some
alternatives:
1. With XP you need to go to Start|Run and type "sfc /scannow" (without the
quotes and notice the space between the c and the /.) Have your XP CD handy
and be prepared to go get a cup of coffee - it takes a while. This will do
the same thing as Repair IE6 for XP but a lot more, that is find any corrupt
system files and replace them. It does not, however, re-register the
various software components (except possibly the ones it replaces?) AFAIK.
Be aware that under certain circumstances (Win2k before SP4 - see mskb
814510,
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q814510) sfc
can erroneously overwrite (restore over) previously installed files from
certain "hotfixes" which will then need to be re-installed. To check for
this, after running sfc, open a Cmd window and enter "qfecheck /v /l:c:\"
(without the quotes). If you don't have qfecheck installed, it can be
obtained for XP here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=35468 and for
Win2k, obtain qfecheck here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=35470
2. Another alternative that works on Win2k and may or may not work on XP
(but probably does - I've heard both stories), for just IE6 repair if you
don't have IE6 listed in Add-Remove Programs, then in Start|Run then enter
"rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE6Maintenance"
without the quotes, exactly as shown, and select the appropriate entry.
3. If you find that you need to do a re-install of IE6 then you can
consider the following, I can't verify this for XP (I'm Win2k - it works
there, and I've had good reports from XP users), but you might want to give
it a try at your own risk. Again, enter this at Start|Run without the
quotes and be careful about the spacing:
"rundll32.exe setupapi,InstallHinfSection DefaultInstall 132
C:\windows\inf\ie.inf"
4. Lastly, here is a link to a MSKB article about re-installing IE6/OE6:
How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows
XP (Q318378)
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;Q318378
or................
Courtesy of Robert Aldwinckle
Here is a more recent suggestion I have been giving to XP users
who want to try some repair procedures.
<TITLE>831429 - Windows XP stops responding when you download updates from
Windows Update</TITLE>
<
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;831429 >
It is actually a more comprehensive set of re-registrations than an
IE Repair with the default FixIE.inf would do for either NT5.
Although they are listed specifically for W2K they should apply
equally to XP.
Hope this helps.
Jan
