RE: SP2 and Search Engines

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anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com
Date: 08/29/04 

Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 11:50:03 -0700

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>-----Original Message-----
>Service Pack 2 has recently been installed on this
computer. Now we are
>having problems connecting to Yahoo and Google and their
search engines. Not
>all search engines are affected, for instance Netscape is
okay. However, all
>Yahoo pages are inaccessible as are all Google pages.
This includes anything
>that uses Google search engines. The only other change
made to this computer
>has been the addition of digital camera software. That
software has been
>removed and the problem remains. System Restore was
attempted, but the
>result was that we were told the system could not be
restored to the time
>before the installation of SP2. A conspiracy-minded
individual would begin
>to think that Microsoft is attempting to force people to
use their search
>engines and web-site by having the computer somehow cut
off access to these
>other web-sites. I don't suppose that would be possible
(and besides, I am
>reading in the newsgroups that other people seem to be
using Yahoo fine), but
>I am running out of optional trains of thought. Is there
anyone out there
>with any other possibilities about what might be causing
this? We rely on
>Yahoo for our communication with loved ones and such and
this is tremendously
>inconvenient.
>.
>

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