IE accesses web sites in safe mode but not in normal mode

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From: David Nesbitt (davidnes10_at_rogers.com)
Date: 07/28/04 

Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 08:50:19 GMT

I was called to fix a friend's PC.

The PC ( CLone PIII-800 ) is running Windows XP Home. The system became
infected with many virus's which I have eliminated with Norton Anti Virus.
But LiveUPdate will not access the Symantec Web Site and Norton Internet
Security refuses to run at all.

I uninstalled both Anti Virus and NIS and reinstalled....same problem.

I also have used Spybot and another utlity to clean the registry.

Anyway I decided to reinstall/upgrade WIndows XP Home and now find that I
can
not access the internet in Normal mode ( Page Not Found ) for any sites, but
can if I go into Safe Mode with Networking. all works well.

I have updated with Windows XP with Windows Update while in safe mode
although it is not receommended. Same problem...IE accesses web sites in
safe mode
but not in normal mode.

Any thoughts on what may be wrong or how to proceed ?

Really appreciate it.

david

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