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More info?)
Yes, the two other computers on my network are able to ping it by name.
This is weird. The internet connectivity is fine.
All the Winsock fix does is the netsh winsock reset. I have done that
already.
I'll post it in other forums as well.
Thanks!
"Malke" <notreally@invalid.com> wrote in message
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> SQLNow wrote:
>
>> Malke,
>>
>> I did all the items as you suggested.
>>
>> I am still having the same problem:
>>
>> It cannot find the host. I just pinged the name from another machine
>> on the network, and it found it.
>>
>> Any other ideas on how to resolve the problem?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> "Malke" <notreally@invalid.com> wrote in message
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>>> SQLNow wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Malke,
>>>>
>>>> I can get out to the internet just any www name. My ISP DNS works
>>>> fine.
>>>> The problem is when I try to access another internal machine. It
>>>> has something to do with this specific machine, because on other
>>>> machines I can see or browse by the computer name.
>>>>
>>>> My virus protection cropped up with a virus in a file which it
>>>> quarantined. I read somewhere on the net that sometimes spyware and
>>>> a possible virus will corrupt the Winsock entries in the registry.
>>>>
>>>> Is there some utility that will remove and reset the registry and
>>>> restore Winsock programs and settings back to normal?
>>>>
>
> Is the name under 12 characters long with no spaces?
>
> Other than that, I really don't know. You can try posting your question
> in the microsoft.public.windowsxp.network_web group. The regulars there
> are very knowledgeable and will probably know right away what is wrong.
>
> Malke
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