I am having problems on my laptop. A Dell Inspiron 6000 1.4 40 gb HD XP Home
plugged into a linksys router on a broadband connection.
All other computers on the network having no problems.
I can connect using peer to peer programs, and when I open Internet Explorer
I have no problem with opening my home page (Google) or getting search
results. But when I try to open a search I can only connect to one of every
ten or so sites I try. I have checked my IE properties and set everything
back to default settings with no luck. I have checked sites that will not
come up on the laptop and they do come up on my desktop.
I have disabled the XP firewall.
I am stumped. Any help is appreciated...thanks...gary

I have also cleared all cookies, offline web content, and history in internet
properties .

"phal" wrote:

> I am having problems on my laptop. A Dell Inspiron 6000 1.4 40 gb HD XP Home
> plugged into a linksys router on a broadband connection.
> All other computers on the network having no problems.
> I can connect using peer to peer programs, and when I open Internet Explorer
> I have no problem with opening my home page (Google) or getting search
> results. But when I try to open a search I can only connect to one of every
> ten or so sites I try. I have checked my IE properties and set everything
> back to default settings with no luck. I have checked sites that will not
> come up on the laptop and they do come up on my desktop.
> I have disabled the XP firewall.
> I am stumped. Any help is appreciated...thanks...gary

phal wrote:

> I am having problems on my laptop. A Dell Inspiron 6000 1.4 40 gb HD
> XP Home plugged into a linksys router on a broadband connection.
> All other computers on the network having no problems.
> I can connect using peer to peer programs, and when I open Internet
> Explorer I have no problem with opening my home page (Google) or
> getting search results. But when I try to open a search I can only
> connect to one of every ten or so sites I try. I have checked my IE
> properties and set everything back to default settings with no luck. I
> have checked sites that will not come up on the laptop and they do
> come up on my desktop. I have disabled the XP firewall.
> I am stumped. Any help is appreciated...thanks...gary

Since you have been using peer-to-peer file-sharing programs, do the
normal troubleshooting for malware:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware

Malke
--
Elephant Boy Computers
www.elephantboycomputers.com
"Don't Panic!"
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User

I ran Trends Sysclean and it found no problems.
I ran Ad Aware and Spybot. Spybot found 3 minors and AA found nothing.
I cannot connect except to browser home page and very very few random
websites.
I have been switching between a broadband router connection and a wireless
connection, could I have setting problems there?
Thanks...gary

"Malke" wrote:

> phal wrote:
>
> > I am having problems on my laptop. A Dell Inspiron 6000 1.4 40 gb HD
> > XP Home plugged into a linksys router on a broadband connection.
> > All other computers on the network having no problems.
> > I can connect using peer to peer programs, and when I open Internet
> > Explorer I have no problem with opening my home page (Google) or
> > getting search results. But when I try to open a search I can only
> > connect to one of every ten or so sites I try. I have checked my IE
> > properties and set everything back to default settings with no luck. I
> > have checked sites that will not come up on the laptop and they do
> > come up on my desktop. I have disabled the XP firewall.
> > I am stumped. Any help is appreciated...thanks...gary
>
> Since you have been using peer-to-peer file-sharing programs, do the
> normal troubleshooting for malware:
> http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/...moving_Malware
>
> Malke
> --
> Elephant Boy Computers
> www.elephantboycomputers.com
> "Don't Panic!"
> MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>

You might be having problems with the DNS servers that your internet
connection is configured for. I had a similar problem when my provider was
having "issues". Go
into Start->Control Panel->Network And Internet Connections->Network
Connections. Right click on the connection that you are using and select
Properties. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Properties. DNS
Server Automatically/Manual setting are the ones you want to play with. If
Auto is not selected, try it to see if it fixes things. If it is set, try
googling for a better local DNS to set the manual setting to. I know that
4.2.2.1 works pretty well. Hope this helps.


"phal" wrote:

> I am having problems on my laptop. A Dell Inspiron 6000 1.4 40 gb HD XP Home
> plugged into a linksys router on a broadband connection.
> All other computers on the network having no problems.
> I can connect using peer to peer programs, and when I open Internet Explorer
> I have no problem with opening my home page (Google) or getting search
> results. But when I try to open a search I can only connect to one of every
> ten or so sites I try. I have checked my IE properties and set everything
> back to default settings with no luck. I have checked sites that will not
> come up on the laptop and they do come up on my desktop.
> I have disabled the XP firewall.
> I am stumped. Any help is appreciated...thanks...gary