XP Network - No DNS?

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Mark L

Hi all,
I had a crash on my Acer laptop over the weekend. Don't know what happened
but I can no longer get any DNS resolution, I can't even ping localhost(
though 127.0.0.1 is fine) . I can still connect to networks and I can reach
machines via IP address but I can't put their names in. I've tried
uninstalling/re-installing Network cards, TCP-IP etc and I've been over all
the settings and the Hosts file etc; bit stumped now and would be grateful
for any ideas?

Thanks,
Mark
 
Have you tried a restore point a day or so "before the crash"?

now that you have tried all these things, it is tough to say what
state the system is in.

Hi all,
I had a crash on my Acer laptop over the weekend. Don't know what happened
but I can no longer get any DNS resolution, I can't even ping localhost(
though 127.0.0.1 is fine) . I can still connect to networks and I can reach
machines via IP address but I can't put their names in. I've tried
uninstalling/re-installing Network cards, TCP-IP etc and I've been over all
the settings and the Hosts file etc; bit stumped now and would be grateful
for any ideas?

Thanks,
Mark
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
Thanks for the suggestion Barb, I have tried one from the day before. Same
thing. I'm going to try one from a week ago and see what happens. I also
took a restore point before I started screwing around with it so hopefully I
can still get back to my original 'flawed' system.

Thanks ,
Mark
 
Thanks for that Jack. I followed it through and the Socket fix utility did
the trick. All running nicely again.

Cheers,
Mark
 
You can also try the winsock fix
http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=4372

Thanks for the suggestion Barb, I have tried one from the day before. Same
thing. I'm going to try one from a week ago and see what happens. I also
took a restore point before I started screwing around with it so hopefully I
can still get back to my original 'flawed' system.

Thanks ,
Mark
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Barb Bowman
MS Windows-MVP
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/meetexperts/bowman.mspx
http://blogs.digitalmediaphile.com/barb/
 
Thanks Barb,
You and Jack have both pointed me in the right direction, it was
indeed the Socket fix that was needed. Thanks for taking the time out
to help.

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