Pulling my grey hair out - Page 2

**carsey** · 01-16-2008, 09:33 AM

Is the browser set to Work Offline in the File menu?

Have you run the connect to the internet wizard in Network Connections??

beakyboy32 · 01-16-2008, 12:11 PM

Yes Carsey
Done both of those
Icannot access the router at all Whenever I open mozilla firefox or IE it just says unable to find page.Whatever I type in.
Even the router address gets the same reply

I am just about to give up

Leighton

beakyboy32 · 01-17-2008, 09:07 AM

Do you think a complete format and reinstall of windows will do it ?

My final idea

Beaks

johnwill · 01-17-2008, 09:53 AM

Take a look at this SFC Tutorial, maybe you can recover without a complete format.

beakyboy32 · 01-17-2008, 12:27 PM

Ok Guys I finally sorted this out.
Don't know if it's a common one !
Had a look what programs were loaded on startup.
Found Norton loading up and enabling a firewall.
Disabled all norton controls at startup

Now works a treat

Strange but true

Thanks for all your help,you can close this one now

Regards
Leighton

johnwill · 01-17-2008, 02:04 PM

Very common, especially for Norton.

01-16-2008, 09:33 AM	#21 (permalink)
carsey Moderator, TSF Articles Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Hunwick, Co. Durham England Posts: 9,536 OS: XP Pro SP3 My System	Re: Pulling my grey hair out Is the browser set to Work Offline in the File menu? Have you run the connect to the internet wizard in Network Connections?? __________________ Submit New Articles Here

01-16-2008, 12:11 PM	#22 (permalink)
beakyboy32 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP	Re: Pulling my grey hair out Yes Carsey Done both of those Icannot access the router at all Whenever I open mozilla firefox or IE it just says unable to find page.Whatever I type in. Even the router address gets the same reply I am just about to give up Leighton

01-17-2008, 09:07 AM	#23 (permalink)
beakyboy32 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP	Re: Pulling my grey hair out Do you think a complete format and reinstall of windows will do it ? My final idea Beaks

01-17-2008, 09:53 AM	#24 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 30,050 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Pulling my grey hair out Take a look at this SFC Tutorial, maybe you can recover without a complete format. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience

01-17-2008, 12:27 PM	#25 (permalink)
beakyboy32 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 14 OS: XP	Re: Pulling my grey hair out Ok Guys I finally sorted this out. Don't know if it's a common one ! Had a look what programs were loaded on startup. Found Norton loading up and enabling a firewall. Disabled all norton controls at startup Now works a treat Strange but true Thanks for all your help,you can close this one now Regards Leighton

01-17-2008, 02:04 PM	#26 (permalink)
johnwill Manager, Networking Forums Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania, US Posts: 30,050 OS: XP-Pro, Vista, Linux Blog Entries: 1	Re: Pulling my grey hair out Very common, especially for Norton. __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! Microsoft MVP - Windows Desktop Experience