-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Losing Internet Connection on Cable Broadband
- From: "cristy" <poppy0206@xxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 19:57:09 -0500
I just recently had to uninstall zone alarm and download it again and
install it so it would not block my emails from being received or sent,
works fine now.
cristy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ange" <locustchewed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 5:15 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Losing Internet Connection on Cable Broadband
> Sorry Jo Ann,
> I never put Zone Alarm back on in the end as I had tried to remove it
> prior
> to SP2 and had the devil's own job of getting rid. Sorry I'd forgotten
> that
> so I've now mis-informed everyone ~ sorry folks ~ clueless strikes again.
>
> Ange
> a.k.a. Clueless of Doncaster
>
> http://www.geocities.com/locustchewed/outanabout.html
>
> ~~~~~The Clueless Reply Separator~~~~~
>
> Ange,
>
> I had this same problem after I installed Zone Alarm. As soon as I would
> turn off ZA I could load all pages. It's something about ZA. After trying
> to
> adjust settings with no better results I uninstalled ZA. Downloaded
> Outpost
> firewall and had no problems.
>
> Jo Ann
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Ange
>
>
> Ok Folks ~ here it is ~ the quandary of the clueless one. :o)
> I need to go back some time here to November 2004 when I finally plucked
> up
> the courage to install SP2 (spine chills at the memory).
>
> I'd had the losing connection problem for a while anyway so I'd scanned
> using McAfee Virusscan, Spybot~search and destroy and Ad~aware and used
> Cleanup too. The machine was clean as a whistle and my Cisco tutor
> couldn't
> find the prob so as he had made fun of the amount of programs on my
> computer
> I'd decided to format the HDD and do a clean install of Windows XP Pro.
>
> I had uptodate McAfee and Zone Alarm ready to put back on, SP2 on CD-ROM,
> I
> checked the HP website for any info specific to my PC, backed up all my
> files (that was fun ~ NOT) so I figured I was ready as I could be.
>
> Anyway to cut a veeeery long story short. I formatted and partitioned my
> HDD and installed XPPro & SP2. I kept the fuss down to a minimum and I
> believe had put no other software on than my OS (+SP2), Virus software,
> Zone
> Alarm and MSN Messenger. Was connected to the Internet but after 2 or 3
> webpages it would come up with Can't find server or page or sommat. MSN
> messenger would hold out a bit longer but IE /Avant or Outlook Express
> didn
> t stand a chance. Had several lengthy convos with my ISP who kept saying
> there was nowt wrong with my connection, that it must be something to do
> with SP2 as I'd cleaned my machine inside out even since the install of
> SP2.
> So off came SP2 ~ and ~ Service was resumed ~ but not for long. I get
> varying amounts of webpages, sometimes a whole few hours without a break
> but
> once one thing goes they all do and I have to reboot to get another bite
> of
> the cherry so to speak. This afternoon I had to reboot 4 times in half an
> hour and the machine i
> s clean ~ having said that I've been on for 2 hours now. I'd like to
> attempt to get SP2 on here when I very soon do another clean install.
> (Glutton for punishment I know)
>
> Anyway ~ details
> HP Pavilion 452.uk Running Win XPPro without SP2.
> Intel Celeron 1.8GHz, 256 MB DDR SDRAM, 40GB HDD
>
> And having read your page about it Mike and having done all that maybe I
> should call myself "confused of Doncaster"
> Sorry this is so long
> TIA
> Ange
>
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