943,863 Members | Top Members by Rank

Ad:
May 19th, 2008
0

strange internet problem

Expand Post »
Hi, I have a problem with my internet. I currently use wifi but this problem persists on both wired and wireless connections. Anytime I use firefox or any kind of internet it works fine for about 5 minutes, sometimes less, then it just stops responding. It doesn't disconnect mind you as everything else on the network can use the internet fine but if I try to use anything that uses the internet it perpetually loads making any kind of internet usage impossible. The odd thing is that according to my ping and pc I'm still connect to the internet but it just seems to be like frozen or something. I've used Avast, A-Squared, Ad-Aware, and Microsoft Malware Detector both they've all come up clean. I'm really at a loss here and this has been happening for four days. I don't know what happened but I do remember deleting a virus four days ago before this all happened. Please someone help me.
Similar Threads
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
Newbie Poster
junodude456 is offline Offline
3 posts
since May 2008
May 19th, 2008
0

Re: strange internet problem

do a system restore before the problem happened...

also, what version of firefox are you using? or internet explore?
Reputation Points: 13
Solved Threads: 6
Junior Poster
PcPro12 is offline Offline
182 posts
since Sep 2006
May 19th, 2008
0

Re: strange internet problem

Well I would except that the system restore doesn't go back that far. It only goes to the 17, one day after this began happening. Not only that but I tried the system restore and every time it kept saying that some error happened and it couldn't restore. I'm using the latest version of firefox but I don't know what version of IE because I never use it. I reinstalled firefox as well but it did nothing.
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
Newbie Poster
junodude456 is offline Offline
3 posts
since May 2008
May 19th, 2008
0

Re: strange internet problem

i see where the problem is...i dont know exactly what is causing it, but it has happened to me before...

after downloading the latest firefox, it didnt work, wouldnt connect to the internet and said the same thing you wrote above...it happened on a windows vista home premium and a windows xp...but my other windows vista home premium it worked...so im guessing its some firefox update they are trying to fix, and by latest, do you mean Firefox 3 Beta 5 or Firefox 4 (minefield?)

For both of those it happened...the only solutions i have found is using internet explore, (or downloading safari 3) or reinstalling the whole system...

as of yet, i dont know of any other solution...
Reputation Points: 13
Solved Threads: 6
Junior Poster
PcPro12 is offline Offline
182 posts
since Sep 2006
May 19th, 2008
0

Re: strange internet problem

oooooo I was afraid of that. Looks like I have no choice but to reinstall my OS. Unfortunately both IE and Safari suffer from the same problem as firefox. Those along with anything that uses the web on my pc, including steam. Well thanks for your help, I'll sniff around the web some more. I really don't want to reinstall my machine unless there is absolutely, bar none, zero other way to get back my web.
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
Newbie Poster
junodude456 is offline Offline
3 posts
since May 2008
May 20th, 2008
0

Re: strange internet problem

Hello I have a huge problem, I have a emachines desktop with vista, and I cannot connect to the internet, It simply states that My network is detected, but I cant access the internet. I dont have the money to take it to someone else, but It has a partition drive on it as well. It didnt come with a reformatting disk, and the guys from firedog (circuit city) stated they couldnt show me how to acees and reformat the system because it is a service they offer. They sold it to me and wanna charge me 200$ to fix it. If someone could help me, that would be thankful!
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
Newbie Poster
edomiteslayer is offline Offline
1 posts
since May 2008
May 20th, 2008
0

Re: strange internet problem

no problem junodude456, sorry i couldnt do more for you...

edomiteslayer, to reformat your hard drive you use a windows OS cd/dvd, when you run it, it will give you options to reformat your drive, either quick format or full format...

BUT, if you are formatting another partition or hard drive that your windows OS is not running on...there here are the steps...

For Windows Vista

1. Right-click my computer
2. Click MANAGE
3. On the left side under STORAGE click DISK MANAGEMENT
4. Right-click on the hard drive/partition that you want to format and it will say FORMAT if you can format it...

For Windows XP (In case you need it) its the same as windows vista...

I hope this is what you were looking for...as for the network, i cant really say or tell why its doing that...sorry...
Reputation Points: 13
Solved Threads: 6
Junior Poster
PcPro12 is offline Offline
182 posts
since Sep 2006
May 26th, 2008
0

Re: strange internet problem

It is a general connection problem of Windows Vista and the causes of an error in winsock , bind() function.

And the happy new, the error fixed with new updates in Service Pack 1.
Reputation Points: 10
Solved Threads: 0
Newbie Poster
ayb3rk is offline Offline
6 posts
since May 2008

This thread is more than three months old

No one has posted to this discussion for at least three months. Please let old threads die and do not reply to them unless you feel you have something new and valuable to contribute that absolutely must be added to make the discussion complete. Otherwise, please start a new thread in this forum instead.
Message:
Previous Thread in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Forum Timeline: Login screen
Next Thread in Windows Vista and Windows 7 Forum Timeline: screwy character when tyoing in vista





About Us | Contact Us | Advertise | Acceptable Use Policy
Forum Index | Build Custom RSS Feed


Follow us on Twitter


© 2011 DaniWeb® LLC