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Can't connect Win2000 to Internet

Started by DangerousThing , Dec 27 2006 01:56 PM

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Posted 27 December 2006 - 05:35 PM

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No I did not. Should I do a search foo file named or containing "prefetch", or where should it be?

Quite a few people with limited knowledge have monkeyed around with this machine over the past week.

"last good configuration" did not work when I first got a crack at it. Since then, I think IE has been un-installed/re-installed...although I don't know how that could be done without a web connection or install disk...

This machine is on the desk of my senior salesperson and he is quite cranky without it.

Edited by DangerousThing, 27 December 2006 - 05:37 PM.

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Posted 27 December 2006 - 05:50 PM

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How do I get a look at the DHCP settings? As I mentioned a number of posts ago, when I hit the ipconfig /all, a scren flashes and goes away, not giving me time to look at it....
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 06:00 PM

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Start>>>Run>>>Type in Prefetch>>Click ok


your prefetch folder should open

there should be alot of dat files in there

or you could find it by going to my computer and open c:drive>>look in windows folder

its ok to empty this folder the contents inside it there just some mappings and stuff it will replenish itself
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 06:08 PM

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Finding prefetch on this machine (XP) is no problem. The one with the problem, again, does not find a file with that name.
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 06:21 PM

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Sorry im so used to working on xp

Go to control panel >>system>>hardware>>device manager

are there any yellow or red exclamation marks there...they could even be question marks

or right click beside network adapters or modem if its dial-up

uninstall the driver and restart computer

computer will notice the change and you will be prompt to make adjustments
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 06:27 PM

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No exclamation points or question marks. The user of this machine did just inform me he does receive e-mail....via our server I think. But when clickin on Internet Explore, we receive the page could not be diplayed/could not find server message.

I have changed start page options numerous times....
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 06:41 PM

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it maybe a couple of things since your able to recieve email

can you send email if you can then your connections should be ok

did you ever have access to internet explorer

are your internet security settings allow you to have access to IE

Or maybe this could be a malware issue

if you think it maybe a malware issue then you can do some cleaning here

http://www.geekstogo..._Log-t2852.html
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 07:30 PM

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I have managed to get to ascreen that shows the ip config. Am I to match the ones on this machine to the one in question? If so, how do I go about doing that?
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 08:02 PM

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have you tried using internet options go to control panel >>internet options>>connections tab>>create a new connection or setup follow the prompts try entering the same configuration for ip to match those of on the computer thats connected
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 08:52 PM

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As mentioned, we managed to print the ipconfig settings....Problem Solved!!! Thanks for all your help. Happy New Year
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Posted 27 December 2006 - 09:21 PM

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glad things worked happy new year to you too
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