"Robbie" <me@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> I'm having an odd problem with 1 computer on my network where it just
> loses the ability to surf the web and check pop email/newsgroups.
>
> The computer can access other network shares and even stuff locally, but a
> web browser will not work nor will an email client. But to add to the
> confusion I can open a command prompt and ping websites just fine and get
> decent responses, ie 30-90ms on common sites like google yahoo etc.
>
> I've been getting pretty frustrated over this because every other computer
> on the network works normally for all network activity and internet
> access.
>
> When I open the status of my network card I can see the out/in activity.
> When I make lan requests such as file shares etc activity is fast and
> instant. If I make a web browser request you'll see perhaps just a couple
> k of activity and then many many seconds later you'll see what appears to
> be normal activity when a page loads.
>
> ie when I'm in a browser and I type usps.com my browser will have a blank
> white screen until the page actually loads about 25 seconds later. I tried
> loading godaddy.com shortly after and nothing loaded until about 38
> seconds and the the site images etc did not completely load until about 56
> seconds.
>
> If I try the same sites again it will still always be very slow, so what I
> mean is that it is not always 25 seconds for usps.com or 56 seconds for
> godaddy.com, its' random but it is always very slow.
> BUT the big thing here is that, this is only if it even works at all,
> seriously most of the time it just doesn't work at all.
>
> I thought MAYBE it was my network card. So I bought a new one and I have
> the same problem still.
>
> To test even further, I tried connecting my computer directly to the modem
> and I STILL have the same problem. Well, mostly. Meaning I at least can
> connect to email and web, BUT the time it takes to actually load a website
> is ridiculously slow DESPITE DSL reports info showing
>
> 2520kb down, 422 up and 22ms on the san francisco server
>
> I'm really at a loss and really need stable internet on my computer. I'm
> open for ANY suggestions.

"Jack (MVP-Networking)." <j***@discussiongroup.com> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Fist check the computer for any Viruses and Spywares.
> Then try to repair the WinSock, http://www.ezlan.net/clean.html#refreshnet
> Jack (MS, MVP-Networking)
>
> "Robbie" <me@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:OW6TuL2mJHA.3380@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> I'm having an odd problem with 1 computer on my network where it just
>> loses the ability to surf the web and check pop email/newsgroups.
>>
>> The computer can access other network shares and even stuff locally, but
>> a web browser will not work nor will an email client. But to add to the
>> confusion I can open a command prompt and ping websites just fine and get
>> decent responses, ie 30-90ms on common sites like google yahoo etc.
>>
>> I've been getting pretty frustrated over this because every other
>> computer on the network works normally for all network activity and
>> internet access.
>>
>> When I open the status of my network card I can see the out/in activity.
>> When I make lan requests such as file shares etc activity is fast and
>> instant. If I make a web browser request you'll see perhaps just a couple
>> k of activity and then many many seconds later you'll see what appears to
>> be normal activity when a page loads.
>>
>> ie when I'm in a browser and I type usps.com my browser will have a blank
>> white screen until the page actually loads about 25 seconds later. I
>> tried loading godaddy.com shortly after and nothing loaded until about 38
>> seconds and the the site images etc did not completely load until about
>> 56 seconds.
>>
>> If I try the same sites again it will still always be very slow, so what
>> I mean is that it is not always 25 seconds for usps.com or 56 seconds for
>> godaddy.com, its' random but it is always very slow.
>> BUT the big thing here is that, this is only if it even works at all,
>> seriously most of the time it just doesn't work at all.
>>
>> I thought MAYBE it was my network card. So I bought a new one and I have
>> the same problem still.
>>
>> To test even further, I tried connecting my computer directly to the
>> modem and I STILL have the same problem. Well, mostly. Meaning I at least
>> can connect to email and web, BUT the time it takes to actually load a
>> website is ridiculously slow DESPITE DSL reports info showing
>>
>> 2520kb down, 422 up and 22ms on the san francisco server
>>
>> I'm really at a loss and really need stable internet on my computer. I'm
>> open for ANY suggestions.
>

"Robbie" wrote:

> You must be right on the spyware or virus. I tried running in safe mode
> under various user accounts and was able to browse the web normally.
>
> Thanks for the suggestions.
>
>