Dell 2400 - Internet won't work after SP2 install

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Firewall? What about it? If it's on that doesn't mean the NET shouldn't
work.

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tq144@msn.com wrote:
>
> I have the Dell 2400 and I installed Windows SP2 and now I can't
> connect to the internet. Dial-up works but when I open up the browser
> IE6 nothing will open. My main page is Yahoo and that, and no other
> bookmark will open. I've tried every URL but no dice. Any clues?

Firewall?

Notan

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The winsock may have been corrupted. Try this tool and see if that fixes it.
I use it all the time to fix clients machines that have this problem for
whatever reason. Usually spyware and/or viruses are the culprit.
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html

<tq144@msn.com> wrote in message
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>I have the Dell 2400 and I installed Windows SP2 and now I can't
> connect to the internet. Dial-up works but when I open up the browser
> IE6 nothing will open. My main page is Yahoo and that, and no other
> bookmark will open. I've tried every URL but no dice. Any clues?
>
> Nick
>

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Thanks Tweek but that didn't work. I tried the program and it didn't
fix it. Thank god for two PCs in my house or I'd go nuts.

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<tq144@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks Tweek but that didn't work. I tried the program and it didn't
> fix it. Thank god for two PCs in my house or I'd go nuts.
>


I assume the system was scanned and clean of all virus, adware,
spyware/malware threats? If not, the SP2 install could've gotten hosed up
due to existing problems or corruption.

A hijacked browser or various re-directs won't be fixed or improved with an
SP2 install.

http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/spyware/softwa...

http://www.download.com/Ad-Aware-SE-Personal-Edition/30...

http://www.download.com/Spybot-Search-Destroy/3000-8022...


Stew