Hi Mike I did a system restore and that solved the problem. Thanks for the simple solution to a big problem. Life is what happens in between plans. Virus free email by McAfee's (Got fed up with Norton's) This message and attachment(s), if any, is intended for the sole use of the individual and/or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and prohibited from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or authorized to receive this on behalf of the addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose or distribute to anyone this message or any part thereof. If you have received this in error, please immediately advise the sender by e-mail and delete this information and all attachments from your computer and network. Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike the mod" <mikebike@xxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 2:21 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Big Problem Hello Bod, if you installed the latest XP update on computer #2 there is a known problem with it. On that computer try using System Restore to go back to before the last update. It seems to me it was a conflict between the new update and Zone Alarm most of the time. Both programs are aware of the problem and working on a fix for it. IHTH /V\ike one of the mods ******* REPLY SEPARATOR ********* On 7/10/2008 at 2:13 AM Bashful Bob wrote: Hi I have what I think is a major problem. Background I have a home network of three computers and a network printer (yes with a NIC card). Computer No1 is a dual boot with Windows 98se and Win2k. Computer No 2 is a Sony Laptop with XP Pro Computer No 3 is a desktop with XP Home Printer is HP Photosmart 3210 DSL Netgear DG384 Router with built in Modem Problem: Sometime last night Computer No 2 stopped accessing the Internet and the network printer. We had a rainstorm and I do not remember any lightening and/or thunder. Computer No 2 was only one on. I have tried accessing with the browser, email and other assorted links, all to no avail. I do not get the little box that I normally get that says it wants me to give password, etc to log on to my Google account during boot up. I get a message box concerning my printer that says "HP Digital Imaging Monitor" And further states it has encountered a problem and needs to close. When I try to access the Internet through Internet explorer I get "page cannot be displayed" message. When I try to get my email I get notified that "The connection to the server has failed" on all accounts. What I have done to try to resolve the problem: I unplugged the router to reset it. Computer No 2 still cannot access the Internet or printer. Computer No 1 & 3 can access the Internet and printer. I get no error messages of any kind when the computer boots. I exchanged Cat 5 cables with computers No 1 & 2 and I switched the cable ports in the router. Computer No 1 could get out on the Internet and Computer No 2 still could not. So cables are ok and Router is functioning ok. Problem is now in Computer No 2. Computer seems to be functioning ok other then it will not access the Internet. Solution: I need a solution. Hopefully one that does not involve Wiping the HD clean and restarting from scratch. Life is what happens in between plans. Virus free email by Norton's This message is intended for the sole use of the individual and/or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the addressee, or authorized to receive this on behalf of the addressee, you are hereby notified that you may not use, copy, disclose, or distribute to anyone this message or any part thereof. If you have received this in error, please immediately advise the sender by e-mail and delete this information. Thank you --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ To contact only the PCTT Mod Squad, write to: pctechtalk-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ---------------------------------------------------------------