Re: Connectivity Issue after SP2 installation

From: Courtney (a_at_b.c)
Date: 10/10/04 

Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2004 19:49:15 -0500

1. Hit the Windows + Pause/Break key. That will bring up System Properties.
2. Select Device Manager.
3. Click the + next to Network adapters, then right-click on your
network card, then Properties.
4. Click the Power Management tab.
5. Clear the first checkbox.

By the way, you may also want to do this to all of your USB ports. Power
Management is really only good for laptops, and folks trying to be
really frugal on electic power.

HTH

courtney sends....

David wrote:
> This is after installing SP2 with no errors noticed:
>
> Random internet browsing and game based connectivity
> loss. Happens after letting computer sit for more than 10
> minutes (time it takes default XP screen saver to
> activate). No programs will connect to the internet
> after this happens and will continue to be unavailabe
> until cold boot is performed. Restart does not fix the
> issue. Checked router setting and other computers on the
> network w/ out SP2 and they work fine during this issue.
> Can ping websites through command prompt and I get the
> proper IP identification as well as name resolution. I
> get the ping response as well.
>
> Have both IE6 and Mozilla loaded as well as some internet
> based games. None can connect to the internet eventhough
> approval for them was given when firewall was working,
> prior to timeout. Prior to timeout the programs connect
> and work perfectly. After 3 "lockouts" no amount of
> rebooting or shutting down seemed to fix the issue.
> Finally had to uninstall SP2 to reconnect to the
> internet. I am now browsing on machine in question
> perfectly. I have tried installing 4 times with same
> issues. Twice w/ norton antivirus installed and twice w/
> it removed. No other firewall or security software is
> installed. Last thing...disabling firewall and/or
> manually entering port 80 into exception list did not fix
> allow me to regain connectivity. Again during the entire
> connectivity issue I was able to ping. Also during
> connectivity issue I was not able to connect to my
> router's web based interface but was able to ping it with
> no issues.
>
> To summarize:
> It seems all ports except pinging seem to get locked down
> with no way of opening them after 3 "random lockouts" on
> my system.
>
> Please advise on more advanced steps to troubleshoot or
> technical specs that are needed to help resolve this
> issue.

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