Also what anti-virus product are you running?
Did you have a different anti-virus product installed previously?
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I have a very strange and yet unsolvable trouble with a Dell WindowsXP computer.
I had big trouble with the NIC, that i finally managed to solve. Now, the computer is ok, all services up & running, including DNS client.... but when i try to reach a website, i got an error, cannot connect. When i try to ping, google for instance, no answer. But when i ping one the the ips of google, it works! Also when i type that IP in browser, it works well. Even windows update works well!
i tried :
-Winsockfix / Winlsp
-Netsh commands
-upgrading/removing/changi
-Host is clean
-No malware/virus found
-SFC /Scannow
-Dns client is up
When i do a tracert or a ping -a, it does not show any name resolution
In IE8, when running the connexion diag, it says there is an error with winsock, but when i try to reset the interface or catalog, it does'nt change a thing...
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@optoma : http://www.ee-stuff.com/Ex
No VPN software
No antivirus, since i uninstalled it (Avira) when i was in trouble with the NIC ; before that, there were no antivirus... or maybe at the very begening the computer was preinstalled by DELL, maybe with NORTON or McAffee... but they are long gone, and the computed worked well for a time...
It is opvious you have a Name resolution problem. Check you IP configuration (if it is manual) or check that it is taking the correct DNS server configuration through DHCP.
please post the output of the command :
"IPConfig /all"
If the DNS defined is an interneal server, it should be able to resolve Internet names, i.e. it should have internet connectivity and it is configured to do so .
If you are configured to use an ISP's DNS, make sure you can reach it for name resolution.
I know you said you tried winsockfix but its still my best guess. http://www.softpedia.com/g
Perhaps, could you try with mozilla or downgrade to IE version 7 to see if it works?
We have experienced alot of problems (mostly security issues) with IE8 at work.
i tried to put the ISP's DNS -> same thing
when i do a Nslookup, then type google.com for instance, it works. I can ping gateway/dns server... which answer to the IE problem : it is the same thing with all programs that uses DNS, including all browsers... even "ping" doesn't resolve the names.
I already tried to uninstall IE8... :(
Winsockfix done 10+ times ...
OMG!
The problem seems to be gone : i uninstalled all the MS updates (more than 50), rebooted, and it works flawlessly!! Last attempt : i try to reinstall all the updates to see if it works, if not i re-uninstall all then blocks the updates!
Thanks... to me :D just kidding, thanks to all for the effort!
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by: optomaPosted on 2009-10-23 at 01:00:26ID: 25642094
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Within Autoruns,select the file tab and select save(Ctrl+S)
Upload that file(autoruns.arn) to http://www.ee-stuff.com/Ex