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Author
28 Nov 2007 9:16 PM
Alexander Higgins
A client computer on our network is having a weird problem.  The Pc
can access network resources on the local lan and internet using all
protocols except HTTP.  nslookup, ftp, ping (icmp) etc all work
fine.

The PC can access our Intranet website via HTTP, but when trying to
pull up any web pages on the internet IE returns a 404 error and
Netscape gives and error saying the host actively refused the
connection. Again, DNS queries work fine and so does FTP.

Has anyone seen this?? It is quite baffling.

Windows xp services pack 2.  Same issue with ie6, ie7 and netscape.
Have disabled personal firewall, anti virus (norton) with no luck.
Tried Wireless ( 3 different networks)  and wired connection with same
issue.  Seems after rebooting the PC can access the internet for a few
minutes, then the errors begin occurring.

Any suggestions/Advice

Author
28 Nov 2007 9:45 PM
John Wunderlich
Alexander Higgins <alexhiggins***@hotmail.com> wrote in
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> A client computer on our network is having a weird problem.  The
> Pc can access network resources on the local lan and internet
> using all protocols except HTTP.  nslookup, ftp, ping (icmp) etc
> all work fine.
>
> The PC can access our Intranet website via HTTP, but when trying
> to pull up any web pages on the internet IE returns a 404 error
> and Netscape gives and error saying the host actively refused the
> connection. Again, DNS queries work fine and so does FTP.
>
> Has anyone seen this?? It is quite baffling.
>
> Windows xp services pack 2.  Same issue with ie6, ie7 and
> netscape. Have disabled personal firewall, anti virus (norton)
> with no luck. Tried Wireless ( 3 different networks)  and wired
> connection with same issue.  Seems after rebooting the PC can
> access the internet for a few minutes, then the errors begin
> occurring.
>
> Any suggestions/Advice
>

This sounds very much like a firewall problem.  Try the following:

1) Uninstall any firewall product on your machine ("disabling" doesn't
always work)
2) Uninstall any VPN Client software you might have installed (they
usually have a firewall function as well)
3) You might try running LSPFix.
   <http://cexx.org/lspfix.htm>
4) Try booting in Safe Mode with Networking.  If your computer then
works, then something that gets loaded after the basic boot is
inhibiting access.  Use a program like AutoRuns to enable/disable
blocks of startup programs until you narrow it down...
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/AutoRuns.mspx>

HTH,
  John
Author
28 Nov 2007 9:58 PM
Alexander Higgins
On Nov 28, 4:45 pm, John Wunderlich <jwunderl***@lycos.com> wrote:
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> Alexander Higgins <alexhiggins***@hotmail.com> wrote innews:6bddd957-d45d-4b89-b2a0-5ab488a49***@a39g2000pre.googlegroups.co
> m:
>
>
>
>
>
> > A client computer on our network is having a weird problem.  The
> > Pc can access network resources on the local lan and internet
> > using all protocols except HTTP.  nslookup, ftp, ping (icmp) etc
> > all work fine.
>
> > The PC can access our Intranet website via HTTP, but when trying
> > to pull up any web pages on the internet IE returns a 404 error
> > and Netscape gives and error saying the host actively refused the
> > connection. Again, DNS queries work fine and so does FTP.
>
> > Has anyone seen this?? It is quite baffling.
>
> > Windows xp services pack 2.  Same issue with ie6, ie7 and
> > netscape. Have disabled personal firewall, anti virus (norton)
> > with no luck. Tried Wireless ( 3 different networks)  and wired
> > connection with same issue.  Seems after rebooting the PC can
> > access the internet for a few minutes, then the errors begin
> > occurring.
>
> > Any suggestions/Advice
>
> This sounds very much like a firewall problem.  Try the following:
>
> 1) Uninstall any firewall product on your machine ("disabling" doesn't
> always work)
> 2) Uninstall any VPN Client software you might have installed (they
> usually have a firewall function as well)
> 3) You might try running LSPFix.
>    <http://cexx.org/lspfix.htm>
> 4) Try booting in Safe Mode with Networking.  If your computer then
> works, then something that gets loaded after the basic boot is
> inhibiting access.  Use a program like AutoRuns to enable/disable
> blocks of startup programs until you narrow it down...
> <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/AutoRuns.mspx>
>
> HTH,
>   John- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -


Thanks John,

I am currently trying the fix below and will proceed with your
suggestion if the problem persists.

regsvr32 SOFTPUB.DLL
regsvr32 Wintrust.dll
regsvr32 Mssip32.dll
regsvr32 Initpki.dll
regsvr32 Msjava.dll
regsvr32 Gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 Sccbase.dll
regsvr32 Slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 Urlmon.dll
regsvr32 Cryptdlg.dll
regsvr32 Dssenh.dll
regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 Mshtml.dll
regsvr32 Urlmon.dll
regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 Msjava.dll
regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 Browseui.dll
regsvr32 Shell32.dll

ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /renew
netsh winsock reset

' then disable all IE add ons from internet options-->Programs-->
manage add ons
Author
29 Nov 2007 9:05 PM
Alexander Higgins
Ok that fix worked for about 24 hours... the issue is back

On Nov 28, 4:58 pm, Alexander Higgins <alexhiggins***@hotmail.com>
wrote:
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> On Nov 28, 4:45 pm, John Wunderlich <jwunderl***@lycos.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Alexander Higgins <alexhiggins***@hotmail.com> wrote innews:6bddd957-d45d-4b89-b2a0-5ab488a49***@a39g2000pre.googlegroups.co
> > m:
>
> > > A client computer on our network is having a weird problem.  The
> > > Pc canaccessnetwork resources on the local lan and internet
> > > using all protocols exceptHTTP.  nslookup, ftp, ping (icmp) etc
> > > all work fine.
>
> > > The PC canaccessour Intranet website viaHTTP, but when trying
> > > to pull up any web pages on the internet IE returns a 404 error
> > > and Netscape gives and error saying the host actively refused the
> > > connection. Again, DNS queries work fine and so does FTP.
>
> > > Has anyone seen this?? It is quite baffling.
>
> > > Windows xp services pack 2.  Same issue with ie6, ie7 and
> > > netscape. Have disabled personal firewall, anti virus (norton)
> > > with no luck. Tried Wireless ( 3 different networks)  and wired
> > > connection with same issue.  Seems after rebooting the PC can
> > >accessthe internet for a few minutes, then the errors begin
> > > occurring.
>
> > > Any suggestions/Advice
>
> > This sounds very much like a firewall problem.  Try the following:
>
> > 1) Uninstall any firewall product on your machine ("disabling" doesn't
> > always work)
> > 2) Uninstall any VPN Client software you might have installed (they
> > usually have a firewall function as well)
> > 3) You might try running LSPFix.
> >    <http://cexx.org/lspfix.htm>
> > 4) Try booting in Safe Mode with Networking.  If your computer then
> > works, then something that gets loaded after the basic boot is
> > inhibitingaccess.  Use a program like AutoRuns to enable/disable
> > blocks of startup programs until you narrow it down...
> > <http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/Utilities/AutoRuns.mspx>
>
> > HTH,
> >   John- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
>
> Thanks John,
>
> I am currently trying the fix below and will proceed with your
> suggestion if the problem persists.
>
> regsvr32 SOFTPUB.DLL
> regsvr32 Wintrust.dll
> regsvr32 Mssip32.dll
> regsvr32 Initpki.dll
> regsvr32 Msjava.dll
> regsvr32 Gpkcsp.dll
> regsvr32 Sccbase.dll
> regsvr32 Slbcsp.dll
> regsvr32 Urlmon.dll
> regsvr32 Cryptdlg.dll
> regsvr32 Dssenh.dll
> regsvr32 Rsaenh.dll
> regsvr32 Mshtml.dll
> regsvr32 Urlmon.dll
> regsvr32 Shdocvw.dll
> regsvr32 Msjava.dll
> regsvr32 Actxprxy.dll
> regsvr32 Oleaut32.dll
> regsvr32 Browseui.dll
> regsvr32 Shell32.dll
>
> ipconfig /flushdns
> ipconfig /renew
> netsh winsock reset
>
> ' then disable all IE add ons from internet options-->Programs-->
> manage add ons- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

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