Hi,
As stated in the title, IE6, OE6 & MSN messenger 7.5 all don't seem to work. Internet connection is fine, & I'm now posting this using FireFox & I can access MSN messenger thorugh webmessenger.msn.com!
When I type a web address in IE, the first time it gives me 'This page cannot be displayed' error message. Then it gives me nothing & when I try to close the browser by hitting the 'X' button it hangs & I got 'The program is not responding' error! Also, I've noticed a weried thing, when going to Tools/Internet Options all the tabs works OK except the 'Connections' tab which causes the browser to hang too!
I ran a full system check up for viruses; the result is: 0 virus detected. I'm using WinXP SP2, Norton Aintivirus, SpyBot S&D & Sygate Personal Firewall. Not all updated with up-to-date versions & patches, though.
I tried resetting winsock2 & did ipconfig/flushdns but that doesn't work too! I noticed that few applications are affected by this too like Acrobat Reader. It works if I opened it after a restart directly, but after few minutes it also stops responding.
Could this be a worm or something? Can I do anything to get MS apps to work, before going the hard way & do a complete reinstall of Windows?
Thanks in advance.
As stated in the title, IE6, OE6 & MSN messenger 7.5 all don't seem to work. Internet connection is fine, & I'm now posting this using FireFox & I can access MSN messenger thorugh webmessenger.msn.com!
When I type a web address in IE, the first time it gives me 'This page cannot be displayed' error message. Then it gives me nothing & when I try to close the browser by hitting the 'X' button it hangs & I got 'The program is not responding' error! Also, I've noticed a weried thing, when going to Tools/Internet Options all the tabs works OK except the 'Connections' tab which causes the browser to hang too!
I ran a full system check up for viruses; the result is: 0 virus detected. I'm using WinXP SP2, Norton Aintivirus, SpyBot S&D & Sygate Personal Firewall. Not all updated with up-to-date versions & patches, though.
I tried resetting winsock2 & did ipconfig/flushdns but that doesn't work too! I noticed that few applications are affected by this too like Acrobat Reader. It works if I opened it after a restart directly, but after few minutes it also stops responding.
Could this be a worm or something? Can I do anything to get MS apps to work, before going the hard way & do a complete reinstall of Windows?
Thanks in advance.
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