Re: Why The Need To Reboot ?

"Gerard" <gstarring@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I was on a website when I clicked a link and could go nowhere. Got the
message "Firefox cannot find the server...." Also, received the same
message trying to return to my homepage.
So, Closed the browser, deleted cookies, history, etc. and tried to return
to my homepage. Got the same message as above.
Looked at the DSL and all lights were on.
Rebooted the computer (XP PRO) and everthing was fine.
Why the need to reboot ??

We need more detail that "everything was fine." You
suggest you could
1. Connect OK with the target web site, then
2. Return OK to your own home page .
(If not, better repost here.)

Rebooting your PC probably reset the router configuration:
so perhaps rebooting the router alone might have
done the necessary, without rebooting the PC. Only
you can tell, and only if you replicate the malfunction.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)


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