Computer stops using DNS after a couple of hours....

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Shawn

This is the 3rd computer on this network that has acted
this way, and one of them was a Windows 2000 Pro machine.

I'm on a fresh install of Windows XP Pro on a Windows 2000
domain. The computer is a part of the domain, and I'm
logging in with a domain account (although that doesn't
seem to matter).

My DNS server settings are the two AD and DNS servers, and
the DNS server is set with forwarders.

About once every 2 hours, I can't get to some sites on the
internet. When I go change my DNS settings (it doesn't
matter what I do - move servers around, add servers,
remove servers) I can get to the sites I wasn't able to
before.

When it won't go to those sites, it doesn't even try to
resolve the addresses. It just instantly pops up
the "Internet Explorer cannot open the search page." error
message.

Does anyone know what could be causing this?

--Shawn
 
I have symantec anti-virus installed and updated. I don't
have a host file in windows\help.

I had exactly the same problem about 8 months ago but it
just went away until I reinstalled.
 
According to Network Associates QHOST puts a HOST file
there.

I know where the real one is. ;)

Its not this worm. My machine did the same thing 8 months
ago.
 
Ok, let's get some more info. Try this:

Open a command window and run nslookup. At the nslookup prompt type "set
d2". Next type "www.google.com". Put the results in a text file and post it
here.

Thanks,
Marc Reynolds
Microsoft Technical Support

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