From: "Geo." 

When I removed the routes I didn't believe they had anything to do with
solitaire, when shortly after removing the routes solitaire and network
properties started working again *then* I made the connection.

Geo.

"Rich"  wrote in message news:45980fc4$1{at}w3.nls.net...
    "I didn't believe the null routes had anything to do with solitaire"

Bullshit.  You claimed exactly this.  Even after your reply below you
agreed with mike miller's bullshit FUD where he makes even more outlandish
claims.

    "I didn't capture any network activity"

Even more evidence that the null routes have no relevance as with no
network activity the routes have no effect.

Rich

  "Geo."  wrote in message
news:45980a53$1{at}w3.nls.net...
  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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