IE toughy

I have posted this before and it got transferred to virus section but I thought an update might be appropriate as it seems it is too tough to handle.

On boot IE will function OK for a few minutes then resorts to trying to trackdown sites by number rather than name..but no luck..can't find them.

Regardless of it being IE6, IE7 or Firefox it malfunctions with them all.

I have done an XP repair but still the problem exists..........there's gotta be an answer out there somewhere short of having to reinstall XP.

Havagreat day

Roy

 

Thanks for your interest Steve.

At the beginning (after a reboot) when I go to logon to a site the function is normal.....ie: the Name of the site is searched, found and opened.

After a short period of time maybe 5 minutes or so all searches are then automatically made by the site number and fail to open.

Once this happens I have to reboot to access the web which only last for about 5 minutes each time.

OE functions OK so that would eliminate a modem problem I would reckon, especially as I am running a laptop off the same modem with no problems.

 

Hi roy66,
I think we have met before...

How are you detecting that this is happening ??? I can't speak for Steve but I'm sure he's curious too ???

 

Sorry can't paste it to notepad..it won't accept it.
Can't find Wordpad so currently am unable to transfer your requirements.

Will keep trying

 

If it was just that easy I would have done so.

I have copied it to a USB stick but am unable to paste it here.

 

Hi roy66,

If you are familiar with the Hosts File, can you maybe inform us whats there along with entries like 127.0.0.1

 

Sorry, not as simple as you put it.
There are 311 items in the drivers folder and yes I know it wouldn't matter if there was 11 or 311 the applying principle you speak of should work.

When I "select all" then "copy" they wont "paste" into notepad or any other word document I have on this laptop like Corel8.

I find no provision in the right click options that you speak of.

It lists open, explore, search, nothing about options to open with.

 

Highlight and copy the following bolded line.

notepad %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

Click Start>Run and right click then paste the command in the Run dialog and hit Enter. Highlight and copy the contents of the file that opens, then paste it in a reply here.

 

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

 

Thanks Broni for that reassurance...that the readout is normal, however my problem is not and still exists.

Online for about 5minutes then won't open websites..though OE still functions normally.

 

Click Start>Run and type cmd then hit enter to open a command window. Copy the following bolded command, then right click and paste it into the command window and hit enter.

ipconfig /flushdns

It should give a successful message. See if there's any change in behavior.

 

Windows IP Configuration
Successfully flushed the DNS Resolver Cache