Static files return HTTP 404

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Hi,
I have recently installed .NET and Visual Studio 2003 to my Windows XP with
SP2.

My problem is that now when i am browsing the internet i have problems
viewing a lot of the content. For example when i goto the hotmail site all
the adverts do not show and i get an ugly internet explorer 404 error, on
ebay the counters do not show, and even more frustrating on some sites i
actually get a pop-up asking for my username and password to the site which
is providing the particular adverts for that site!

I have no idea why this is happening since i installed the .NET enviorment
however any help to fix it would be much appreciated.

I have found this article on the microsoft support but it does not seem to
have a resolution that i can see so i am stuck with how to solve this!
link-> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;216803

Please help me!
Thanks for your time,
Alex
 
Its been a while since I installed .net but I think there are user accounts
that you have to create when you install.
Reading the MS article on 404 errors and static files seems to suggest that
you are browsing the web on a different account from what you have logged on
to.

I suggest finding the .net setup exe and starting it up again. There are
options there to repair or re-install. I think both will take you to a
dialog to setup developer accounts for .net.

Open up your computer management console (My Computer\Manage) and select the
'Local Users and Groups\Users' node. On my machine (win2k) there are a
number of .net accounts that were created during setup

- ACTUser - Application Center Test Account
-ASPNET - ASP.NET Machine Account
and
-SQLDebugger - SQL Debugger

also make sure your own user account is a member of VS Developers group.

I haven't tested this and my advice comes with no guarantees... Good luck
 
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