From: "Geo." 

I didn't capture any network activity, I didn't believe the null routes had
anything to do with solitaire, I though it MIGHT have something to do with
the high def video problem that I was working on (maybe it was trying to
download a codec or something, I was guessing). When solitaire and network
properties started working again I was taken totally by surprise. I never
suspected those problems were related to the null routes.

I'm currently running a test to see if I can reproduce it.

Geo.

"Rich"  wrote in message news:45975094$1{at}w3.nls.net...
   Doesn't sound convincing.  What network traffic did you capture while
solitaire was starting?  There is absolutely no activity when I start it on
my machine.

Rich

  "Geo."  wrote in message
news:459735b4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  No error message, I would click on it and get the spinning donut (what the
  hell is that supposed to be anyway, the hourglass signifies time but a
  spinning psychedelic donut?) then that would end and nothing would happen.
  No errors in event log, nothing. Same with right clicking on
  network/properties, spinning donut then nothing. I telneted to my router,
  removed the routes and within a couple minutes both worked again. No
reboot,
  no nothing happened on the laptop.

  Prior to this I had tried rebooting several times, didn't help, but once I
  removed the null routes then it started working again.

  Geo.

  "Rich"  wrote in message news:45972cf9{at}w3.nls.net...
     "Wasn't able to play spider solitaire" how?  What was the error
message?

  Rich

    "Geo."  wrote in message
news:45971e6d{at}w3.nls.net...
    So I had blocked vista from talking to MS for the past few days via a
  series
    of null routes in my router. Today I wasn't able to play spider
solitare,
    removed the routes and a minute later solitare starts up no problem.

    You know, I'm really starting to hate this dumb OS.

    Geo.

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