***UPDATE**Re: Can't access Internet but can get e-mail*** UPDATE



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Thanks,
Hank
"hankB" <hbienert@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:Xte9f.1007$5N1.580@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Have run Ad-aware and Spybot from safe mode and then Ispfix without
> improvement
>
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> Thanks,
> Hank
> "Kerry Brown" <kerry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*a*m> wrote in message
> news:OqblZ0V3FHA.3292@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > "hankB" <hbienert@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:PfS8f.579$5N1.104@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > My wife's computer runs Xp and this one Win 98.The wireless n/w is
> > > directly
> > > cabled to 98 and reaches Xp via wireless and has been so for a year
with
> > > no
> > > problems.A couple of weeks ago Xp began being very rarely able to
access
> > > 'net (we use Fiefox) and now not at all.
> > > Going through IExplorer instead if Firefox searches for Microsoft
(even
> > > though I have set Google as home page) and then produces a window
which
> > > looks like a MS window
> > > It states:
> > > "IE has encountered a problem and needs to close.We are sorry for the
> > > inconvenience.
> > > If you are in the middle of something,the informationyou are working
on
> > > ,might be lost.PleasWe have an error reportthat you cansend to help us
> > > improveIE.We will treat the reportas confidential and anonymous.To see
> the
> > > data this error report contains,click here."(the last phrase is a
> highlit
> > > link)
> > > This doesn't sound like the usual terse MS syntax to me
> > > There are 3 buttons-debug,send error report and don't send.Touching
any
> of
> > > them brings me back to the desktop .
> > > I 've run Ad-aware,spybot and an old (8/05) version of McAfee.I am an
> "on
> > > hold " faculty member at Tulane in New Orleans (now closed) and the
> > > computer
> > > help desk is also closed;that is why my anti-virus is not updated.
> > > This computer (98) runs fine;Xp sends and receives e-mail
> >
> > Make sure you run Adaware and Spybot from safe mode. Also make sure you
> have
> > the latest versions and updates. If need be download the latest versions
> and
> > updates to the win98 pc and burn them to CD or email them to the XP pc.
> You
> > should also download and run lspfix
> >
> > http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
> >
> > Again, you will have to do this from the win98 pc and then transfer it
to
> > the XP pc.
> >
> > Once you have access to the Internet again the first thing you should do
> is
> > get an up to date antivirus. If your version of McAfee can't be updated
> > online then uninstall it and get a different one. Waiting until the
> > university is back online is not an option.
> >
> > Kerry
> >
> >
>
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