Re: Keep losing browser capabilities

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From: Menno Hershberger (mhersh22_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 05/05/04 

Date: Wed, 05 May 2004 16:54:20 -0700

Menno Hershberger <mhersh22@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:Xns94E0AFC433F3Abutter@207.46.248.16:

> Menno Hershberger <mhersh22@hotmail.com> wrote in
> news:Xns94E0ACBEE6B34butter@207.46.248.16:
>
>> This problem has plagued me the last two days. Out of the blue I start
>> getting "The page cannot be displayed" no matter where I try to go. I
>> can't even access my router (http://192.168.1.1). Mail, news, FTP,
>> ping, whois all continue to work just fine. I can telnet into my shell
>> account and use lynx. But Internet Explorer, Avanti Browser, and
>> Mozilla Firebird will all do nothing. I can reboot and they will work
>> for a limited amount of time, anywhere from 5 minutes to a half hour
>> tops. Has anyone here every experienced a problem like this?
>
> I should add I ran the WinsockFix. No difference. I've tried closing
> everything that was running including antivirus. Windows firewall is
not
> turned on. I DO notice that the browser(s) are resolving hostnames
> alright as in "Web site found... waiting for reply". There's nothing in
> my hosts file. If I reboot to Windows 98, I have no problem there.
>
Now I have reinstalled XP. I didn't figure that would help and I was
right. 

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