[Essexboy]

Copy and allow to overwrite

[jaydog11]

None of the files have the same name so I don't think anything will be overwritten. What was odd is that 3 of the files seemed to be same size and date but different names and even file types.
I will copy the files over. Should I remove any old files that remain?

[Essexboy]

No leave the old ones for now - just make a note of what they are

[jaydog11]

its uninstalling sp3 now

[Essexboy]

Fingers and toes crossed

[jaydog11]

during uninstall I was notified that:

"Setup detected the following devices have changed on oyur sytem"
sda standard compliant sd host controller

I hit the button to continue. It went ahead to the next step of uninstall which was stopping services then abruptly said "the sytem cannot find specified file" and quit the uninstall.

[Essexboy]

OK back to the drawing board and a new rethunk... What is the current status ?

[jaydog11]

Everything seems to work except for internet...

[Essexboy]

Can you still access via IP address

[jaydog11]

yes

[Essexboy]

OK more digging - -it must be related to the system DNS somehow

Could you open the HOST file at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
Right click the file and select Edit with notepad

Then add the following after the last line and then save

64.233.160.0 google.com
66.102.15.255 google.com
72.14.255.255 google.com
69.147.76.15 yahoo.com

Once done the in the IE address bar type google.com

Let me know how that goes

[jaydog11]

I opened and edited the file named "Hosts" but there was also hosts.bak and hosts.20120101-220221.backup. it either says ie cannot display the web page for google.com or it says the address is not valid for yahoo.com

[Essexboy]

OK Go start > Run and type cmd
In the black box type

ipconfig /renew

press enter

THEN

ipconfig /displaydns

Press enter
Right click on the black screen and select .. Select All
Open a notepad window and press control V

Then post the contents here please

[Essexboy]

Forgot to add the picture

[jaydog11]

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
© Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Show User>ipconfig/renew

Windows IP Configuration

No operation can be performed on Local Area Connection while it has its media di
sconnected.

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 2:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : domain.invalid
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.104
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

C:\Documents and Settings\Show User>ipconfig/displaydns

Windows IP Configuration

Could not display the DNS Resolver Cache.

C:\Documents and Settings\Show User>