From: "David B" 

I'll have SP2 with me when I am over there over the holidays and I'll apply
it. I also picked up another tip to try.

I couldn't find a "tcpfix" for Windows...

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:41a32e6e{at}w3.nls.net...
> If there was a bunch of spyware/adware on the machine, it's
> possible/probable that the TCPIP stack is now broken, and needs that
> program
> tcpfix, or whatever it is to get things going again.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Billy Greenwood" 
wrote in message
> news:109f5e.7693f0{at}harborwebs.com...
>> > From: "Geo" 
>> > "David B"  wrote in message
>> > news:41a14615$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> I am downloading SP2 in hopes of fixing something but I
was wondering
> if
>> >> anyone had other suggestions?
>> > Find HOSTS and LMHOSTS files and make sure they are empty (you can just
>> > rename them for a test to see if that's the cause).
>> > Geo.
>>
>>
>> Yeah, I know. Phony name here.
>>
>> Even if her *HOSTS file(s) are not empty, that shouldn't prevent ALL DNS
>> resolution, should it?
>>
>> I use the *HOSTS file(s) for a lot of intentional misdirections to shunt
> off
>> sites I want shut out from my machine.
>
>

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