"Ry" <R*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| At various and random times of the day, the internet on my machine drops out.
|  This was true both at the college I attended, as well as when I'm at home
| (so I'm guessing it's not a network thing).  The network status remains
| "connected" though I'm unable to use any web applications like web browsers
| or messaging clients.  This usually only happens when I'm using it, though
| there have been times when I've woken up to the machine in it's dead state.
| I've made sure that my networking hardware isn't turning off to save power,
| and I've disabled my firewall on various occasions, but have come to no
| positive conclusions.   Is it more likely a hardware issue or a software
| issue, and is it easily solved?

"David Webb" wrote:

> Most likely a corrupt Winsock. Here's the tech article on how to repair. It even
> has a download for a "Guided Help" routine which does all the work for you.
>
> How to determine and recover from Winsock2 corruption
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259
>
>
> "Ry" <R*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A2C539AD-F7A7-4D54-A4D9-FC6197B937D5@microsoft.com...
> | At various and random times of the day, the internet on my machine drops out.
> |  This was true both at the college I attended, as well as when I'm at home
> | (so I'm guessing it's not a network thing).  The network status remains
> | "connected" though I'm unable to use any web applications like web browsers
> | or messaging clients.  This usually only happens when I'm using it, though
> | there have been times when I've woken up to the machine in it's dead state.
> | I've made sure that my networking hardware isn't turning off to save power,
> | and I've disabled my firewall on various occasions, but have come to no
> | positive conclusions.   Is it more likely a hardware issue or a software
> | issue, and is it easily solved?
>
>
>

"Ry" <R*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| I downloaded and ran the guided help program (which I found to be incredibly
| cool) but unfortunately, not ten minutes later, the problem happened again.
| Any other suggestions?
|
| "David Webb" wrote:
|
| > Most likely a corrupt Winsock. Here's the tech article on how to repair. It
even
| > has a download for a "Guided Help" routine which does all the work for you.
| >
| > How to determine and recover from Winsock2 corruption
| > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/811259
| >
| >
| > "Ry" <R*@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| > news:A2C539AD-F7A7-4D54-A4D9-FC6197B937D5@microsoft.com...
| > | At various and random times of the day, the internet on my machine drops
out.
| > |  This was true both at the college I attended, as well as when I'm at home
| > | (so I'm guessing it's not a network thing).  The network status remains
| > | "connected" though I'm unable to use any web applications like web
browsers
| > | or messaging clients.  This usually only happens when I'm using it, though
| > | there have been times when I've woken up to the machine in it's dead
state.
| > | I've made sure that my networking hardware isn't turning off to save
power,
| > | and I've disabled my firewall on various occasions, but have come to no
| > | positive conclusions.   Is it more likely a hardware issue or a software
| > | issue, and is it easily solved?
| >
| >
| >