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Cannot find server IE

Discussion in 'Internet Explorer & Microsoft Edge' started by roy66, 2002/05/12.

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  1. 2002/05/12
    roy66

    roy66 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    OK- I am logged on to the internet, can send and receive through OE but every attempt to bring up a site in IE produces "Cannot find Server "

    Obviously a problem.
    Do YOU have the solution.

    Thankyou

    roy66
     
  2. 2002/05/13
    jmatt

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    Try choice 2 .

    W95 you have 3 choices . With W98 , if you have IE5.1 or higher & you
    still have IE4 installed the following applies . No IE4 only 2 choices .
    IE5.5 if over the top of 5.1 , offers 3 choices .

    You can install IE5.1 straight over 4 . A big feature with IE5 is that
    it can be repaired without uninstalling . Here is how to do it . Open
    Control Panel , Add / Remove , click on Microsoft Internet Explorer ,
    then click on add / remove down the bottom . This opens a window with
    3 choices .

    No Microsoft Internet Explorer in Control Panel !
    Start>Run , key in msinfo32 and press Enter . Click on Tools >
    IE Repair Tool .

    W2000 > Start > Run
    then enter exactly (case/space-sensitive)
    rundll32.exe setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance
    this will give you the IE Repair dialog... proceed to repair IE

    Repair IE6 .
    http://www.3dspotlight.com/tweaks/ie6/index.shtml
    http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/442/

    How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP (Q318378)
    http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q318378
    http://is-it-true.org/nt/xp/utips/utips13.shtml
    http://www.dougknox.com/xp/tips/xp_ie_reinstall.htm

    Choice 1. Add , insert your IE5 install program & you can find other
    items you may not have installed 1st time .

    Choice 2. Repair , fixes problems that may crop up with IE5 / Outlook

    Choice 3. If unfixable , removes IE5 & goes back to IE4 , now if you
    want to you can reinstall IE5 or a later version or another browser
    altogether .

    http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q194/1/77.ASP
    http://help.earthlink.net/techsupport/xmldocs/windows_9x_nt/browsers/ie_5.0/1680.help.html
    http://www.netcom.net.uk/support/win/nc5/repair1.htm
     

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    roy66

    roy66 Well-Known Member Thread Starter

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    :rolleyes:

    JMATT,

    Thanks for taking so much effort to help me resolve this problem, however I had carried out the repair job on IE5.5 but to no avail.

    The way I eventually got around this with the assistance of another more learned than me was as follows...which could prove helpful to others as well.

    Start/Run/Registry/Export Registry File-----I saved this copy in C: and gave it an appropriate name in case I needed it later.

    NEXT...click on+HKEY Local machine/+System/+Current ControlSet/+Services then rightclick Winsock2 and DELETE .....then GOTO ControlPanel/AddRemove/Setup/Communications/Details...untick dialup Networking click OK and apply then click communications/details and then tick dialupNetworking then OK then apply and installation took place so no need for CD Restoration disc.

    Problem solved...this case closed

    Thanks a million
    roy66:) :)
     
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