XP and ME network stopped working

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Arun Hallan

I set up a connection between my ME laptop and XP desktop whereby the
connection is shared from the XP desktop through a crossover cable. I
used the windows wizard thingy and the connections been working for
six months plus...

.... last night however, with nothing changed whatsoever, i could not
access the internet from the ME laptop, altho i can still access files
on the desktop from my laptop - suggesting the cable is fine.

I have no idea how this could occur. When i try to sign into msn
messenger on my laptop, it says that it appears that a firewall may be
preventing access to connecting with messenger service.

I do not have zonealarm or anything, but the windows network firewal
is on, on my desktop as it always has been.

Does anyone have any idea why this has occured, and does anyone know
the fix for it?
 
Arun said:
I set up a connection between my ME laptop and XP desktop whereby the
connection is shared from the XP desktop through a crossover cable. I
used the windows wizard thingy and the connections been working for
six months plus...

... last night however, with nothing changed whatsoever, i could not
access the internet from the ME laptop, altho i can still access files
on the desktop from my laptop - suggesting the cable is fine.

I have no idea how this could occur. When i try to sign into msn
messenger on my laptop, it says that it appears that a firewall may be
preventing access to connecting with messenger service.

I do not have zonealarm or anything, but the windows network firewal
is on, on my desktop as it always has been.

Does anyone have any idea why this has occured, and does anyone know
the fix for it?
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Scan for spyware on the ME computer. Perhaps your browser got hijacked
or some other malware is preventing proper connection. Since the
internal lan is working, you know it isn't your nic.

Malke
 
Scan for spyware on the ME computer. Perhaps your browser got hijacked
or some other malware is preventing proper connection. Since the
internal lan is working, you know it isn't your nic.

Malke
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Nothing connects to the net, msn, IE or outlook...

i had pinfi virus but i got rid of it and the net worked after. that
was about a week ago.
 
I set up a connection between my ME laptop and XP desktop whereby the
connection is shared from the XP desktop through a crossover cable. I
used the windows wizard thingy and the connections been working for
six months plus...

... last night however, with nothing changed whatsoever, i could not
access the internet from the ME laptop, altho i can still access files
on the desktop from my laptop - suggesting the cable is fine.

I have no idea how this could occur. When i try to sign into msn
messenger on my laptop, it says that it appears that a firewall may be
preventing access to connecting with messenger service.

I do not have zonealarm or anything, but the windows network firewal
is on, on my desktop as it always has been.

Does anyone have any idea why this has occured, and does anyone know
the fix for it?
Click to expand...

Arun,

Do you have any other symptoms of this problem, or is MSN Messenger
the only problem seen to date?

Can you run MSN Messenger from the desktop? Can you browse the
internet from the desktop?

Cheers,

Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Nothing connects to the net, msn, IE or outlook...

i had pinfi virus but i got rid of it and the net worked after. that
was about a week ago.
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Arun,

Malke has the right idea. Possibly a dns hijack.

Ping "www.yahoo.com" and tell us exactly what error message you get,
please.

Check for spyware. Use Spybot S&D and HijackThis, with advice from
SWI Forums. Start here for instructions:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=5187

Cheers,


Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Arun,

Do you have any other symptoms of this problem, or is MSN Messenger
the only problem seen to date?

Can you run MSN Messenger from the desktop? Can you browse the
internet from the desktop?

Cheers,

Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
Click to expand...



I cannot access the internet thru anything whatsoever, not IE, outlook or msn
 
I cannot access the internet thru anything whatsoever, not IE, outlook or msn
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OK, Arun, "ipconfig /all >ipconfig.txt" from both computers, and post
the contents please.


Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Chuck said:
Arun,

Malke has the right idea. Possibly a dns hijack.

Ping "www.yahoo.com" and tell us exactly what error message you get,
please.

Check for spyware. Use Spybot S&D and HijackThis, with advice from
SWI Forums. Start here for instructions:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=5187

Cheers,


Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
Click to expand...


I've tried AdAware to rid of the skyware, is this enough?
 
I've tried AdAware to rid of the skyware, is this enough?
Click to expand...

AdAware is good, Spybot S&D is also good (the two complement each
other), Spybot followed by HijackThis (HJT looks for spyware in a
different way), with help from SWI Forums is best. See this article
for instructions:
http://forums.spywareinfo.com/index.php?showtopic=5187


Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
Click to expand...


Now when i open IE on the laptop, it tries to detect proxy settings
but fails and no pages loads.
 
Now when i open IE on the laptop, it tries to detect proxy settings
but fails and no pages loads.
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OK Arun,

I want to work on this problem with you. But you have to provide some
diagnostic detail for us to work with.

Stating that it worked at one time, but doesn't work now, is a start.
Just a start.

There is obviously a problem somewhere between the internet and the
laptop. In order for us to figure out where the problem lies, I need
for you to do some diagnostic work.

Is the problem with your ISP, your bridge (cable modem / DSL modem /
dialup?), your ICS server / XP desktop, your laptop, or any of the
cables in between? We don't know. But you have to do the legwork so
we can find out.

Please list what services (browser, Instant Messenger, email, what?)
you have tried, and what the exact error message was when tried.

Please try those same services (as best possible) on the XP desktop,
and let me know what the exact error message is.

Please open a command window, do "ipconfig /all >ipconfig.txt", and
"route print >route.txt", and post contents of both ipconfig.txt and
route.txt, for both computers.

Once we know what's broke, we can decide how to fix it.

Cheers,

Chuck
I hate spam - PLEASE get rid of the spam before emailing me!
Paranoia comes from experience - and is not necessarily a bad thing.
 
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