Re: A weird problem when I surf internet with IE 6, Can anyone help?

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From: Don Varnau (don_04[at]varnau[dot]org)
Date: 02/02/04 

Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2004 04:39:09 -0600

Andy,
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Don 

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"Andy Lee" <waylee003[at]REMOV_NOSPAM.yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> I didn't meet this problem until several days ago. Can
> someone tell me what the problem is?
>
> System configurations:
> Windows XP, IE 6
> I updates Windows regularly. I update antivirus software
> and scan my computer regularly.
> I access internet from our university LAN.
>
> Symtoms:
> After I launch IE 6 and browse internet for a while,
> suddenly webpages just can not be downloaded and I get
> a "page cannot be downloaded" error message. (I can see
> in the status bar that IE tries to connect to the IP
> address of the website before the error message is
> shown.) Then IE cannot visit ANY website outside of our
> university. (I do be able to browse perfectly the
> university's web site.) I shut down IE and re-launch it,
> it still doesn't work. The only way to make it work is to
> restart my computer. Then it works again and the problem
> occurs again. I use netstat -n, it shows that the
> connection like this:
>
> TCP  128.xx.xx.xx:3455 207.xx.xx.xx:80   SYN_SENT
>
> It looks like that there's no response for this SYN_SENT
> package, so the connection hangs there and eventually
> times out.
>
> I first suspected that IE was not configured correctly,
> but I ruled out this possibility later. Then I suspected
> it was system software failure or virus, so I formatted
> my computer and reinstalled the system, but it didn't
> solve the problem either. I then checked the hardware and
> found no problem.
>
> Does anyone know what is wrong with my computer?
>
> Thanks a lot!

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