Re: waiting ....
- From: "ed" <M@xxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 02:24:39 -0000
"Charlie Tame" <charlie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:eEu6OpH6FHA.3544@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> "ed" <M@xxxxx> wrote in message news:dl7ptu$b5s$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> "RWS" <anonymous@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:O9$axeA6FHA.4024@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> "ed" <M@xxxxx> wrote in message news:dl63rg$qoo$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> A permanent hourglass now appears in IE6 and it never connects to any
>>> web
>>> sites.
>>> No viruses, spyware, tried disabling (and uninstalling) the firewall. At
>>> the
>>> same time no linked images will display in OE6 although mails are
>>> received/sent and newsgroups work.
>>> These two things occurred at exactly the same time (just after
>>> installing a
>>> new NVIDIA graphics driver). A message did appear saying validation
>>> failed
>>> for vsinit.dll and vsdata.dll, probably missing a root certificate but a
>>> deinstall/reinstall of what you can of IE through windows installer
>>> seems to
>>> have stopped that message. Roll backs haven't helped. I can connect to
>>> the
>>> internet using Firefox but even if Firefox is connected the linked
>>> images in
>>> OE don't show. sfc is ok too.
>>>
>>>
>>> Any ideas of what to try next? tia.
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> What Operating System are you running with what Service Pack?
>>> What type of Internet connection are you using?
>>> What firewall?
>>> What NVIDIA graphics driver?
>>> Is there a router involved?
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> XP,SP2 (running for ages without any issues), dial-up, no router
>> connected at the moment (there has been and will be again, but it's
>> months since it was removed), ZoneAlarm latest. Since then I put the
>> Norton one on., but I've now got ZA reinstalled (yes, one at a time).
>> NVidia driver was 77.72 which did work ok when installed- I've heard that
>> a few people have had issues with the latest ones and went back but it
>> did work for me. I don't know if that driver is implicated but the issue
>> started directly after that install with no other changes made at the
>> same time.
>
>
>
> Well to cut a long story short I have found latest is not always the best
> for NVIDIA drivers, but people will also tell you that the drivers offered
> by Microsoft Windows Update have been somehow "Altered" from the original
> NVIDIA ones. In my experience this is absolutely not true, I have always
> been offered NVIDIA updates that are identical to those on the NVIDIA
> website, the big difference is that the installation method may not be
> appropriate using Windows update. You want to install just the drivers,
> all by themselves, with all other software stopped or else do it in safe
> mode. That is not necessarily the case with Windows update and I think
> that's where the mythical Microsoft interference problem originates.
>
The update was the nvidia driver, not the ms one.
> The other thing to consider is that something like Norton is so invasive
> it may alter things in one way, then when uninstalled put them back
> another way, and then along comes an update and the files changed by
> Norton are replaced with good ones which actually breaks the chain. Whilst
> I didn't know about Norton at the time of my reply that is one reason I
> asked about other updates. It seems to me that when an official update
> appears to break something it's actually because it was already "Broken"
> but limping along.
>
Norton was not installed when this occured.
> There has recently been a spate of similar connectivity issues with IE
> following updates, although once again it's not for sure than any one
> update is responsible. You might try opening a command window and using
> "netsh winsock reset" without the quotes to see if that restores anything.
> Some people report that IE doesn't work while FireFox does and others
> report that no browsing works.
>
resetting winsock had no effect.
> Charlie
Still no IE working .....
>
>
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