Re: [Guru level] DNS problem with Windows XP SP2

On Sat, 6 Jan 2007 15:12:00 -0800, Paul W <Paul W@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Thanks for the feedback, Paul. Another black eye for Norton Systemworks.

Go with Avast or AVG, for free protection, or Kaspersky if you're prepared to
pay.
<http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/please-protect-yourself-layer-your.html#Layer3>
http://nitecruzr.blogspot.com/2005/05/please-protect-yourself-layer-your.html#Layer3

Thank you to Vincent and Chuck.

I have spent a good couple of days trying to resolve what I thought was a
DNS cache problem.The symptons were identical to and I was rapidly getting to
the conclusion that the only fix was a clean install of XP .....

Reading this post, I simply went to the "Add Remove Software", highlighted
Norton Systemworks and uninstalled it.

Interestingly the problem occured around the same time I started to receive
notice of 28 days subscription left on my Norton licence. Uninstalling it
meant I lost 25 days of subscription, but after that experience I am looking
for alternative virus scanning software!

Immediately after reboot, iTunes contacted the music store and I can now
flush and display the DNS cache :-)
Thanks again
Paul

"Erwan P." wrote:

Hello,

I have the following networking problems with WinXP SP2 :

I can ping an IP adress on my LAN or over the Internet.
I cannot ping a domain over the Internet.

A connection with telnet on port 80, in with IE or Firefox on a webserver
works with an IP, but not with a domain.

IP address and DNS are setup automatically with DHCP.

A nslookup query works fine !! (even when I flush the dns cache)

I reset winsock (winsockXPFix / netsh winsock reset
catalog) and TCP/IP (netsh int ip reset) but it doesn't change anything.

The hosts file is correct, and if I add manually an entry it works.

Thanks for any pieces of advice,

Erwan.


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