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From: Steve on 17 Apr 2008 13:17 Laptop, XP Pro, internal wireless adapter. Connects OK - will access eg. Yahoo Messenger, can look at other PC going through the same router - BUT - will not go to any URL I type in - gives me page not found or suchlike. However, it is connected and must get outside the router here to use Yahoo Messenger but IE, Firefox and so on, get nowhere. Any thoughts please? -- Puzzled person
From: smlunatick on 17 Apr 2008 14:16 On Apr 17, 1:17 pm, Steve <highbridg...(a)yahoo.co.uk.(nospam)> wrote: > Laptop, XP Pro, internal wireless adapter. Connects OK - will access eg.. > Yahoo Messenger, can look at other PC going through the same router - BUT - > will not go to any URL I type in - gives me page not found or suchlike. > However, it is connected and must get outside the router here to use Yahoo > Messenger but IE, Firefox and so on, get nowhere. Any thoughts please? > -- > Puzzled person We are also puzzled on this? Please clarify your post. Were you responding to someone else?
From: Steve on 17 Apr 2008 14:29 No unfortunately not. I managed to fix it once - I have an.exe which may have fixed it in the past but doesn't seem to do anything - maybe my memory is failing me. If you want to give me your email address, I can send you it as an attachment. but it is a while ago and although it doesn't do any damage (and did fix something) I can't remember that long ago. It is something like Winsock Fix(does something in the registry). You're welcome to try! -- Puzzled person "smlunatick" wrote: > On Apr 17, 1:17 pm, Steve <highbridg...(a)yahoo.co.uk.(nospam)> wrote: > > Laptop, XP Pro, internal wireless adapter. Connects OK - will access eg.. > > Yahoo Messenger, can look at other PC going through the same router - BUT - > > will not go to any URL I type in - gives me page not found or suchlike. > > However, it is connected and must get outside the router here to use Yahoo > > Messenger but IE, Firefox and so on, get nowhere. Any thoughts please? > > -- > > Puzzled person > > We are also puzzled on this? Please clarify your post. Were you > responding to someone else? >
From: Lem on 17 Apr 2008 15:17 Steve wrote: > Laptop, XP Pro, internal wireless adapter. Connects OK - will access eg. > Yahoo Messenger, can look at other PC going through the same router - BUT - > will not go to any URL I type in - gives me page not found or suchlike. > However, it is connected and must get outside the router here to use Yahoo > Messenger but IE, Firefox and so on, get nowhere. Any thoughts please? Using IE or Firefox, enter 209.85.129.99 in the address bar. If that gets you to Google, you may have a problem with your hosts file. See this from MS-MVP Chuck: http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/07/local-name-and-address-resolution-on.html Otherwise, you *may* have LSP/Winsock corruption, which frequently is caused by malware or by removal of malware. The Winsock Fix application you mentioned is one of several possible fixes for this. See this, also from MS-MVP Chuck: http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html I suggest you read through the entire pages linked above before you start randomly trying things. -- Lem -- MS-MVP To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
From: Steve on 17 Apr 2008 15:40
Thanks - I'll have a good look at what you suggest and let you know. Very helpful! Steve -- Puzzled person "Lem" wrote: > Steve wrote: > > Laptop, XP Pro, internal wireless adapter. Connects OK - will access eg. > > Yahoo Messenger, can look at other PC going through the same router - BUT - > > will not go to any URL I type in - gives me page not found or suchlike. > > However, it is connected and must get outside the router here to use Yahoo > > Messenger but IE, Firefox and so on, get nowhere. Any thoughts please? > > Using IE or Firefox, enter 209.85.129.99 in the address bar. If that > gets you to Google, you may have a problem with your hosts file. See > this from MS-MVP Chuck: > http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/07/local-name-and-address-resolution-on.html > > Otherwise, you *may* have LSP/Winsock corruption, which frequently is > caused by malware or by removal of malware. The Winsock Fix application > you mentioned is one of several possible fixes for this. See this, also > from MS-MVP Chuck: > http://networking.nitecruzr.net/2005/05/problems-with-lsp-winsock-layer-in.html > > I suggest you read through the entire pages linked above before you > start randomly trying things. > > > -- > Lem -- MS-MVP > > To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer > http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm > |