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when this happens, can you ping the sites?<br />
ping your dns server? tracert to the sites?
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when this happens, can you ping the sites?
ping your dns server? tracert to the sites?

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yes. <br />
pings are successful too.
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try this<br />
<a href="http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/WinsockXPFix.exe" rel="ugc">http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/WinsockXPFix.exe</a>
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try this
http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/WinsockXPFix.exe [http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/WinsockXPFix.exe]

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thanx. but i get a page not found error with the link you gave above.
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thanx. but i get a page not found error with the link you gave above.

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I have a strange internet access issue. Frequently I get a &quot;page not found&quot; error when launching IE (I'm running XP pro SP2, but the error happened with SP1 too). Strangely enough I can usually use Outlook to connect to my pop3 email account. I'm using a desktop PC connected to a motorola cable modem directly (via LAN card not USB) on the Comcast network.<br />
Usually after launching IE 10+ times it will finally connect.<br />
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Any ideas on what to check? I've used Pest Patrol to check for adware, but none was found.<br />

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I have a strange internet access issue. Frequently I get a "page not found" error when launching IE (I'm running XP pro SP2, but the error happened with SP1 too). Strangely enough I can usually use Outlook to connect to my pop3 email account. I'm using a desktop PC connected to a motorola cable modem directly (via LAN card not USB) on the Comcast network.
Usually after launching IE 10+ times it will finally connect.

Any ideas on what to check? I've used Pest Patrol to check for adware, but none was found.


Internet Access Issue

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