Re: Laptop (XP) cannot browse Internet

From: Chuck (none_at_example.net)
Date: 02/12/04


Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 07:24:19 -0800

On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:34:07 +0700, terry <terrybkk@netscape.net>
wrote:

>Thanks
>The info from ipconfig /all helped me to match the laptop settings to
>the desktops. Everything is working now. It was much easier to compare
>info between computers using the command prompt.
>I installed and then removed McAfee antivirus and firewall stuff a
>couple of weeks ago. It may have been the problem.
>
>Thanks a lot for pointing me in the right direction.
>Regards
>Terry

Terry,

You're welcome. Thanks for the update. Yet another badly behaved
firewall.

Cheers,
Chuck
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.



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