Re: Help: Limited or no connectivity
- From: Chuck <none@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 3 Sep 2005 19:01:03 -0500
On Sat, 3 Sep 2005 16:02:01 -0700, MuseSoperman
<MuseSoperman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>"Not Really Me" wrote:
>
>> The short version: My brother called and said his XP Home machine wouldn't
>> boot. It got the old BSOD. It was virus'ed up the wazoo. I cleaned the
>> drive with AdAware on another machine and that got the boot back (?). The
>> boot said the drive needed checking. It caught 100's of problems. Then it
>> booted into XP. I did a drive test from the My Computer properties and it
>> wanted to reboot and do it with full control. It did, it fixed a whole pile
>> more problems and then it booted up.
>>
>> I ran AdAware in all four users logins and cleaned out between 2000 and 3000
>> more spam bots.
>>
>> I loaded an antivirus program (NOD32) and it found 130+ infected files with
>> all kinds of viruses. NOD32 also wanted to get an update, that's when I
>> found out it couldn't see the internet. There is a small network icon down
>> near the clock an a balloon saying "limited or no connectivity". Clicking
>> into the net properties and trying a repair, it says it can't get an ip
>> address, see the network person.
>>
>> I'm the closest thing to a network person that I have. The XP home is now
>> hooked to my office net with a WinNT4 SP3 server. The DHCP server had a
>> lease and ip out to the XP home machine, but when I deleted it and did a
>> refresh it didn't come back. (I think it was from before the AV ran.) I
>> put a notebook on the cable that was hooked to the XP and it boots fine and
>> works fine on the network.
>>
>> If I manually set an IP and DNS server into the XP I can ping the server and
>> other machines on the network, but the DNS does not work. It can not
>> resolve any names.
>>
>> I tried rerunning the SP2 install, but it didnt' do anything except check
>> the file, disk space and then determine that it was already done.
>>
>> I presume some file was corrupted by the virus and although the virus was
>> removed/repaired, the file is not working.
>>
>> What do I do now?
>This sounds very similar to a problem I've recently had myself. I'm afraid I
>can't give you any solutions because my only option right now is a complete
>format and re install of windows.
>I don't think it's caused by any virus either it's something to do with sp2
>and the security hotfixes because I regularly check for spyware and viruses
>and my comp worked fine until I last used windows update and it sent me some
>of the above mentioned "fixes".
>Right now internet explorer is the only program on my computer that will
>connect to the net AT ALL....nothing else works including outlook express. At
>first glance this sounds like a classic firewall issue except I havent even
>installed one since I renewed my internet connection two days ago. A friend
>suggested that there was a problem with the security issues within sp2 and
>that he had the same problem until he re installed windows and disabled
>automatic update (so he could reject sp2 based updates) before even going
>online at all.
>Don't take my word for it though...I havent gone to the extreeme of a disk
>format YET but I will soon as this is really frustrating.
Have you asked for help, here, in a unique and descriptive thread? Not by
sticking your problem report on to the end of another? It's in your own best
interest to start a new thread, and ask for help there.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/how-to-post-on-usenet-and-encourage.html#Hijacking>
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Cheers,
Chuck, MS-MVP [Windows - Networking]
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/
Paranoia is not a problem, when it's a normal response from experience.
My email is AT DOT
actual address pchuck mvps org.
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