From: "Rich" 

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   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=20
  hell is that supposed to be anyway, the hourglass signifies time but a =

  spinning psychedelic donut?) then that would end and nothing would =
happen.=20
  No errors in event log, nothing. Same with right clicking on=20
  network/properties, spinning donut then nothing. I telneted to my =
router,=20
  removed the routes and within a couple minutes both worked again. No =
reboot,=20
  no nothing happened on the laptop.

  Prior to this I had tried rebooting several times, didn't help, but =
once I=20
  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=20
  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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   Doesn't sound =
convincing.  What=20
network traffic did you capture while solitaire was starting?  = There is=20
absolutely no activity when I start it on my machine.
 
Rich
 

  "Geo." <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote=20
  in message news:459735b4$1{at}w3.nls.net...No=20
  error message, I would click on it and get the spinning donut (what =
the=20
  hell is that supposed to be anyway, the hourglass signifies time =
but a=20
  spinning psychedelic donut?) then that would end and nothing would =
happen.=20
  No errors in event log, nothing. Same with right clicking on=20
  network/properties, spinning donut then nothing. I telneted to my =
router,=20
  removed the routes and within a couple minutes both worked again. =
No=20
  reboot, no nothing happened on the
laptop.Prior to this I =
had=20
  tried rebooting several times, didn't help, but once I removed the =
null=20
  routes then it started working
again.Geo."Rich" =
<{at}>=20
  wrote in message news:45972cf9{at}w3.nls.net...&nbs=
p; =20
  "Wasn't able to play spider solitaire" how?  What was
the error=20
  message?Rich 
"Geo." <georger{at}nls.net>">mailto:georger{at}nls.net">georger{at}nls.net>
wrote in =
message news:45971e6d{at}w3.nls.net...&nbs=
p; So I=20
  had blocked vista from talking to MS for the past few days via a=20
  series  of null routes in my router. Today I
wasn't able =
to play=20
  spider solitare,  removed the routes and a minute later =
solitare=20
  starts up no problem.  You know, I'm really
starting to =
hate this=20
  dumb OS. 
Geo.

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