[pchelpers] Head banging time

Worked on a good one today. Came in with messenger unable to connect and 
1 webpage that 1/2 the links
didn't go anywhere. The webpage was the login page for Hotmail. You 
typed in your address and password,
but when you hit submit it went right to "page not found" in a instant. 
There wasn't time for it to really send the page.
Also 1/2 the links on the page did the same thing. I also found that the 
window update page wouldn't work. Kept
coming up with an error.

I tried checking all the IE settings. Then I tried the IEFix tool for 
XP. Then I removed IE, rebooted and reinstalled it.
Nothing worked. Now I did a Repair Install of XP. Still nothing.

Thats it, forget IE, I then install Firefox. Hit the icon and up came 
the message" Connection refused" Now wait a min.
I have never found anything that stops Firefox. So I'm sitting there 
staring at the desktop scratching my head wondering
what is going on here. Then i saw it. It was a little icon hiding up in 
the top left hand side of the screen.
Norton Internet Security. I thought "no way"

Clicking on the icon brought up this message. "Trial Version has 
expired" I uninstall the program and everything
started working. Even messenger. There were about 10 pop-ups wanting to 
add her to thiner contact list. Being the
nice person I am and being in such a good mood I OKed every one.

What a waste of 4 hours.

Pc


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