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:-| I ve a problem in my Home desktop. This is Emachine. see ive two desktop in my house. Both happen to be E machine. Ive a High speed internet connection which I loop thro Comcast Modem cable (Motorolo), in turn the same is hooked to a Netgear Wireless Router. This router connects the II system vide a USB 400 wireless adapter. everything was fine from April 04 when I bought . Last 10 days in the IInd PC i am unable to open web sites thro internet explorer. I checked up with customer care of Comcast, Netgear and the adaptr manufacturer and understand tht theres no problem in all the three. I investigate further and found out the following:

by taking a list of System information under File versions: the follwoing files are not available.
"iecont.dll" ; "iecontlc.dll" which could restore the internet connections.
That swhy I went thro Googly search and end up co ordinating with u. Im unable to still get th eupload of the above files inspite of me registering with u, haivng opend a user ID and password. Can U guide me to get the upload so tht I can try downloading in my desktop.
Besides,while I was trying to investigate the causes, from ADD or remove programme by msitake remover "internet explorer" from the programme list. although ive restored the same still it is not forming part of "ADD or REMOVE" list.

Hope U can throw some light in resolving the issue.

Tan Q,

Balachandran Natarajan
Atlanta Ga USA

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Summary and short plan: reported that one eMachine can surf fine while the second shows "The page cannot be displayed", the system report lists missing items named "iecont.dll" and "iecontlc.dll", and Internet Explorer was removed from Add/Remove by mistake. suggested a system restore and suggested reinstalling IE. Before doing a restore or a full reinstall, work through targeted diagnostics so the root cause is clear (network vs DNS vs IE binary/config corruption vs malware).

Basic isolation checks (network vs browser): gather TCP/IP and name-resolution info, try an alternate browser or an HTTP-aware application, and try an address by IP (if an IP loads but names do not, it is a DNS problem). Inspect the Hosts file at C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts, verify proxy settings (Internet Options → Connections → LAN Settings), and check any firewall/security software that could block iexplore.exe. Confirm the wireless adapter driver is healthy in Device Manager since the machine is a USB wireless client.

Targeted repair steps (run from an Administrator command prompt; reboot when prompted):

ipconfig /all
ipconfig /flushdns
ping 127.0.0.1
ping <router IP>         (replace <router IP> with the gateway shown by ipconfig)
ping www.microsoft.com
netsh winsock reset      (requires XP SP2 or later)
sfc /scannow             (may request original XP CD or source)
regsvr32 urlmon.dll
regsvr32 actxprxy.dll

If sfc cannot restore the missing DLLs, copy the same DLL files from the working eMachine only if both systems have the same Windows edition, language and service-pack level; place them into C:\Windows\System32 and register with regsvr32. Run an up-to-date anti-malware scan (spyware often damages IE and Winsock). Only after these steps fail should a repair install or reinstallation of IE (the heavier fixes mentioned by and ) be used.

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System restore?

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Before doing a system restore download the newest IE from microsoft.com then install it. Or see if there are any Windows updates. These could fix your problem. If that doesn't work then use the system restore.

Member Avatar for tcepser

I agree with Dark_Omen. Perhaps you could even look 2 install the newest service pack for XP. This has updated files that might solve your problem.

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