I would set the firewall to a low setting before
uninstalling, in case the uninstall of NIS left the ports
blocked.
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The people think the Constitution protects their rights;
But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
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| No you shouldn't have to reformat. Just do an uninstall
from the Add/Remove
| Programs. Make sure you remove all Symantec software in
the list and reboot.
| Log back in and do a reinstall from the CD. That should
work fine.
|
| "Mordechai_flip" wrote:
|
| > Thanks for the help. Your right, I am just going to have
to buckle down and
| > reinstall. I don't have to reformat the hard drive to do
that will I?
| >
| > "Jim Macklin" wrote:
| >
| > > We had the same problem with the APR cache and repair
didn't
| > > work, neither did ipconfig. A format and clean
install
| > > fixed everything. It occurred to me that computer
repair
| > > shops are charging $50-75 an hour so pretty quick it
would
| > > be cheaper to just order a new computer.
| > >
| > >
| > > --
| > > The people think the Constitution protects their
rights;
| > > But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.
| > >
| > >
| > > "Mordechai_flip"
<
[email protected]>
| > > wrote in message
| > >
| > > | The Symantec support site has a tutorial on how to
| > > manually remove System
| > > | Works and it helped. I was able to get back my
connection
| > > after clicking
| > > | "repair connection" when I restarted, but it still
shows
| > > error when trying to
| > > | clear the APR cache, and it doesn't start
automatically
| > > like it should
| > > |
| > > | "Jim Macklin" wrote:
| > > |
| > > | > Just had ands solved a similar problem on my son's
Dell.
| > > It
| > > | > seems that an update to Norton Internet Security
was
| > > | > automatically blocking XP services, such as the
| > > application
| > > | > gateway layer service and basically any
application that
| > > | > tried to connect to the Internet. Even turning
Norton
| > > off
| > > | > did not fix the problem, what ever registry that
it set
| > > was
| > > | > not reset. After several days of trying to reset
with
| > > | > ipconfig, using the repair button in the network
| > > properties
| > > | > (cache could not be cleared, didn't work) ended up
| > > deleting
| > > | > the C: partition (just OS and apps) and doing a
clean
| > > | > install. It was during this that Norton problem
was
| > > | > identified.
| > > | >
| > > | >
| > > | > --
| > > | > The people think the Constitution protects their
rights;
| > > | > But government sees it as an obstacle to be
overcome.
| > > | >
| > > | >
| > > | > "Mordechai_flip"
| > > <
[email protected]>
| > > | > wrote in message
| > > | >
| > >
| > > | > | Every time I have to restart my computer I lose
my
| > > cable
| > > | > connection and have
| > > | > | to use ipconfig then ipconfig /renew to get it
working
| > > | > again. I had this
| > > | > | problem earlier, and nothing I have tried has
worked.
| > > I am
| > > | > running XP Home
| > > | > | SP2 with a USB cable modem, and no router. All
known
| > > | > drivers are up to date,
| > > | > | and there isn't any problem listed in the device
| > > manager.
| > > | > I have uninstalled
| > > | > | and re installed Zone Alarm and Norton's, run
spybot
| > > | > searches, virus checks
| > > | > | with up to date programs,and turned off the
Windows
| > > | > firewall.
| > > | > |
| > > | > | Any other ideas? I, my cable company, and
microsoft
| > > are
| > > | > clean out.
| > > | > |
| > > | > | Error Log (there was and address, I put in the
stars):
| > > | > |
| > > | > | Unable to contact a DHCP server. The Automatic
Private
| > > IP
| > > | > Address
| > > | > | ***.***.***.*** will be assigned to dial-in
clients.
| > > | > Clients may be unable to
| > > | > | access resources on the network.
| > > | > |
| > > | > | For more information, see Help and Support
Center at
| > > | > |
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp.
| > > | > |
| > > | >
| > > | >
| > > | >
| > >
| > >
| > >
