Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-20 Thread Tony
cant find his restore cd's cant find my xp ripped version hmmph On Jan 20, 2008 1:59 PM, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > still no love? did you try wget? how about trying an ftp program? > > i would probably have re-formatted the drive and re-installed the OS by > now... > > > On Jan 20,

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-20 Thread Robert Munn
still no love? did you try wget? how about trying an ftp program? i would probably have re-formatted the drive and re-installed the OS by now... On Jan 20, 2008 7:15 AM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > did all this. > nothing. > > weirdest thing ive seen yet. > > > On Jan 19, 2008 8:25 PM, Pa

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-20 Thread Tony
did all this. nothing. weirdest thing ive seen yet. On Jan 19, 2008 8:25 PM, Paul Ihrig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > run > cmd > ipconfig > /release all > /renew all > > > > On Jan 19, 2008 7:05 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > you might try refreshing the tcp/ip stack. What OS is this?

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Paul Ihrig
run cmd ipconfig /release all /renew all On Jan 19, 2008 7:05 PM, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you might try refreshing the tcp/ip stack. What OS is this? > > On Jan 19, 2008 5:00 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Pinging CNN.com works ... Its resolving dns just fine ... Its very od

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Dana
you might try refreshing the tcp/ip stack. What OS is this? On Jan 19, 2008 5:00 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pinging CNN.com works ... Its resolving dns just fine ... Its very odd ... > > > On 1/19/08, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > possibly a stupid question, but you don't specifi

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Tony
Pinging CNN.com works ... Its resolving dns just fine ... Its very odd ... On 1/19/08, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > possibly a stupid question, but you don't specifically say ... you do have a > dns server entered in your tcp/ip properties? And it is up? > > On Jan 19, 2008 12:48 PM, Tony <[

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Dana
possibly a stupid question, but you don't specifically say ... you do have a dns server entered in your tcp/ip properties? And it is up? On Jan 19, 2008 12:48 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi there. > > i can: > > 1. connect to my wireless network > 2. ping any NAME or IP address. > 3. tr

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Tony
zees ies vhat i schinck as veeel On Jan 19, 2008 3:53 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > you could also download and run wget on your usb stick. That would be > about as close to a raw connection as possible. > > It almost sounds like there's some kind of connection speed up > sof

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
you could also download and run wget on your usb stick. That would be about as close to a raw connection as possible. It almost sounds like there's some kind of connection speed up software, or malware installed on the machine that's proxying port 80. My wifes laptop recently had this happen.

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Crow T. Robot
In FF, Tools->Options->Advanced->Network->Settings What is checked there? On Jan 19, 2008 2:33 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > even installed ff using my usb stick and no dice. > > wtf > > arggg > > On Jan 19, 2008 3:32 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > done did all of the above

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Tony
even installed ff using my usb stick and no dice. wtf arggg On Jan 19, 2008 3:32 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > done did all of the above :( > > tw > > > On Jan 19, 2008 3:08 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > also check for firewalls, net nanny, wireless router fire

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Tony
done did all of the above :( tw On Jan 19, 2008 3:08 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > also check for firewalls, net nanny, wireless router firewall > > > > On Jan 19, 2008 2:06 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > cleared the temporary internet files? I thin

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
also check for firewalls, net nanny, wireless router firewall On Jan 19, 2008 2:06 PM, Zaphod Beeblebrox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cleared the temporary internet files? I think this was still a problem in 6.0 > > > On Jan 19, 2008 1:48 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hi there. > >

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Zaphod Beeblebrox
cleared the temporary internet files? I think this was still a problem in 6.0 On Jan 19, 2008 1:48 PM, Tony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi there. > > i can: > > 1. connect to my wireless network > 2. ping any NAME or IP address. > 3. tracert any NAME or IP address > > i cannot: > > 1. use ie to

Re: help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Robert Munn
Sounds like IE is setup to use a proxy or something like that. Go to Control Panel | Internet Options and check the Connections tab. On Jan 19, 2008 11:48 AM, Tony wrote: > hi there. > > i can: > > 1. connect to my wireless network > 2. ping any NAME or IP address. > 3. tracert any NAME or IP ad

help... fixing brothers laptop

2008-01-19 Thread Tony
hi there. i can: 1. connect to my wireless network 2. ping any NAME or IP address. 3. tracert any NAME or IP address i cannot: 1. use ie to browse anything immediately the browser goes to "the page cannot be displayed" i have: 1. used winsockfix.exe 2. checked hosts, lmhosts files, nothing o