HELP! Cannot find server or DNS Error

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Please I need some help here!
I can no longer use my laptop at work. The network is a broadband
connection, where I connect via a network cable. There is no proxy
server or any other things needed to get access, its just to plug in.
This worked fine two weeks ago. But now when I try to connect it says:
The page cannot be displayed.

The page you are looking for is currently unaviable. The Web site might
be experiencing difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser
settings.

Cannot find server or DNS error.

When I check my network connections everything looks fine, I even got
an IP adress. My coworkers have no problem accessing internet. The
funny thing is that, at home I have a wireless network. When I use that
at home there is no problem accessing the internet.

My OS is windowsxp pro SP2, with IE6.

Can anyone help?

Regards
Tore
 
Windows XP will always get an IP address -- if it can't get one from a
legitimate network source (DHCP server), it will just make up its own. It's
a fairly useless feature (IMHO) called APIPA, or Automatic Private IP
Addressing.

You can tell if that's what's happening because your IP address will begin
with 169.254.xxx.xxx. If you see that, you know you're not physically
connected to your company network, and you can crawl under your desk and
start tracing wires.

If that's not it, then you'll probably need to talk to your network
administrator, because there are so many possibilities and settings that you
need to check. (If the error is that it can't find the server, which server,
and can you ping it? If it's a DNS error, what DNS server should you be
using and is it properly configured? And so on...)

Good luck!
 
Also, try disabling your wireless network connection so that you are assured
of using your ethernet connection.
 
Please I need some help here!
I can no longer use my laptop at work. The network is a broadband
connection, where I connect via a network cable. There is no proxy
server or any other things needed to get access, its just to plug in.
This worked fine two weeks ago. But now when I try to connect it says:
The page cannot be displayed.

The page you are looking for is currently unaviable. The Web site
might be experiencing difficulties, or you may need to adjust your
browser settings.

Cannot find server or DNS error.

When I check my network connections everything looks fine, I even got
an IP adress. My coworkers have no problem accessing internet. The
funny thing is that, at home I have a wireless network. When I use
that at home there is no problem accessing the internet.

My OS is windowsxp pro SP2, with IE6.

Can anyone help?

Regards
Tore
Click to expand...

Line 68 right side.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
 
Warning! -- Mike's link will attempt to modify your Registry! After you open
the xp_tweaks page, if you then click on Line 68 it will try to install a
..reg file to tweak the settings on your DNS cache. Depending on your
Internet Options settings, your computer may prompt you for confirmation (as
it did for me, luckily), or it may just do it silently, and you'll never know
what happened.

The tweak is not malicious, and it may even solve your problem, in the
(IMHO) relatively unlikely chance that it's related to DNS caching; but I'd
strongly recommend that you don't start messing with your Registry settings
unless you know what you're doing -- especially since "Kelly's Korner"
doesn't tell you anything about what it's doing or why, or how to undo it if
it breaks something else.
 
The download is a .REG file
If you'd saved it to the desktop (which is what you should have done!), you
could have opened it in notepad to see what it does.....
In this case it looks for a particular registry key, and sets three values
to their defaults

--
Noel Paton (MS-MVP 2002-2006, Windows)

Nil Carborundum Illegitemi
http://www.crashfixpc.com/millsrpch.htm

http://tinyurl.com/6oztj

Please read on how to post messages to NG's
 
Ultimately that's what I did, and what I would have done in the first place
if Mike had bothered to mention that it was a .reg file or described what it
does. I suppose as an experienced technician I should know better than to
trust any link posted on a newsgroup, but I don't think it's fair to expect
the same from Tore.
 
Ron said:
Ultimately that's what I did, and what I would have done in the first
place if Mike had bothered to mention that it was a .reg file or
described what it does. I suppose as an experienced technician I
should know better than to trust any link posted on a newsgroup, but
I don't think it's fair to expect the same from Tore.
Click to expand...


From the very top of Kellys page.

To use the Regedits: Save the REG File to your hard disk. Double
click it and answer yes to the import prompt. REG files can be viewed in
Notepad by right clicking on the file and selecting Edit.

To use the VBS Files: Download .vbs file and save it to your hard
drive (you may want to right click and use Save Target As). Double
click the vbs file. You will be prompted when the script is done.

NOTE: If your anti-virus software warns you of a "malicious" script,
this is normal if you have "Script Safe" or similar technology enabled.
These scripts are not malicious, but they do make changes to the System
Registry.

Disclaimer: These registry edits and script files are presented "as
is". Every effort has been made to ensure the files work as stated. I
assume no responsibility for your use of these files.



I take it that you can't read! ROFL
By the way Kelly is a regular poster here and an MVP, besides that she is
one really nice lady to provide these edits along with a wealth of
information free of charge.

Again ROFL
 
You can laugh if you want, Mike. As I said, I'm no neophyte and I should
know better than to just click on a link without checking where it's going
first. And I'm not faulting Kelly, whose web page does include the necessary
instructions.

My concern was that your terse directions ("line 68, right side") certainly
imply that the reader should just scroll down and click the link, which is
not a good idea. If I could make that mistake then so could Tore.
 
Ron said:
My concern was that your terse directions ("line 68, right side")
certainly imply that the reader should just scroll down and click the
link, which is not a good idea. If I could make that mistake then so
could Tore.
Click to expand...

But you're an idiot!
 
Ron said:
You can laugh if you want, Mike. As I said, I'm no neophyte and I
should know better than to just click on a link without checking
where it's going first. And I'm not faulting Kelly, whose web page
does include the necessary instructions.

My concern was that your terse directions ("line 68, right side")
certainly imply that the reader should just scroll down and click the
link, which is not a good idea. If I could make that mistake then so
could Tore.
Click to expand...

I wasn't laughing at what happened, I was laughing at the fact that you
claim to be an
"experienced technician" yet you go to a website that you've never been too
before from a link given by someone you don't know anything about,then you
fail to READ anything at this site which clearly states just what it is all
about, next you click on a download link then panic when a download starts,
you've broken several rules of "Safe Hex" then instead of taking
responsibility for your actions it seems that it is all my fault!

If you search these newsgroups you will find many posts formated like mine
was from several different people in referance to Kellys site she is well
known here and it is a given that her site does not have any malice intent.

Have a good day!
 
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