unable to browse web after a few minutes via HTTP, other protocols OK

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Blake

I boot up my XPSP2 machine and all is well - I can browse as normal.

After a few minutes, I start getting connection timeouts (IE and Firefox).
A reboot fixes the problem for a few minutes

Here is the weird part - I can't browse via HTTP, but I can hit HTTPS sites
without a problem. Ping works, IMAP/SMTP work, etc.

I can resolve the sites, but can't see them via the browser. Can't visit a
website via IP address either.

If it were a config problem (local proxy, for example) it should be all the
time, and not after some few minutes after bootup.

Thoughts?
 
I boot up my XPSP2 machine and all is well - I can browse as
normal.

After a few minutes, I start getting connection timeouts (IE and
Firefox). A reboot fixes the problem for a few minutes

Here is the weird part - I can't browse via HTTP, but I can hit
HTTPS sites without a problem. Ping works, IMAP/SMTP work, etc.

I can resolve the sites, but can't see them via the browser.
Can't visit a website via IP address either.

If it were a config problem (local proxy, for example) it should
be all the time, and not after some few minutes after bootup.

Thoughts?
Click to expand...

A while back someone else had a problem like that. I think it was
traced to a Cisco VPN Client that took a while to start up. If you
have a VPN client, try un-installing it and see if the problem goes
away.

It appears that only your Port 80 is blocked. Since it occurs a few
minutes after bootup, it's probably a late-starting program or service.
Use msconfig (start->run->msconfig) to turn off blocks of startup
programs / services, rebooting after each change until you find the
offending program.

HTH,
John
 
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