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Strange Networking problem with Win ME
Background - I had a network setup before I moved
consisting of 4 machines running Win98SE/Win98SE/WinME/WinXP Home. I had them all running through a Linksys router connected to a cable modem. Everything worked great. Now - I have the same computers, but now I'm connected to a D-Link router connected to a DSL modem. Everything works accept the Win ME computer. I can't use any sort of Explorer when connected to the network. Windows Explorer never pops up no matter how I try to start it. Internet Explorer begins to load (draws the window border), but then stops. Either of these locks up the task bar and I have to use the task manager to shutdown. Nothing in the task manager is listed as not responding, but I have to click 'end task' for two unknown processes before it shuts down. Strange part - I can ping the router and other machines from ME. I can ping the ME machine from any other. I can even connect to the shared drives and put files on the ME machine from the other machines. I cannot connect to anything from the ME machine though. I've reinstalled the network drivers and Winsock2. I even ran system restore to a point where I knew for sure the system was working. So far nothing has fixed the problem. If I'm not connected to the network, both Windows and Internet Explorer work as expected. Any ideas? |
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Strange Networking problem with Win ME
lionsfan wrote: Background - I had a network setup before I moved consisting of 4 machines running Win98SE/Win98SE/WinME/WinXP Home. I had them all running through a Linksys router connected to a cable modem. Everything worked great. If I'm not connected to the network, both Windows and Internet Explorer work as expected. Any ideas? How about go to nescape.com and download netscape brouser or go to mozilla.com and get firefox. If you test one of these brousers it would indicate if the problem is in explorer or in the rest of your setup. Cheers Ed |
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Strange Networking problem with Win ME
"Ed" wrote in message ... lionsfan wrote: Background - I had a network setup before I moved consisting of 4 machines running Win98SE/Win98SE/WinME/WinXP Home. I had them all running through a Linksys router connected to a cable modem. Everything worked great. If I'm not connected to the network, both Windows and Internet Explorer work as expected. Any ideas? check internet options, connections tab. [I'm paraphrasing] There are three choices in upper half (dialups) * never use this (dialup) * always use this (dialup) * use this (dialup)when LAN not available. I'd think you'd want the third. maybe you've already checked this.. How about go to nescape.com and download netscape brouser or go to mozilla.com and get firefox. If you test one of these brousers it would indicate if the problem is in explorer or in the rest of your setup. could'nt a test ping show that faster? :-) Cheers Ed |
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Strange Networking problem with Win ME
lionsfan wrote:
Background - I had a network setup before I moved consisting of 4 machines running Win98SE/Win98SE/WinME/WinXP Home. I had them all running through a Linksys router connected to a cable modem. Everything worked great. If I'm not connected to the network, both Windows and Internet Explorer work as expected. Any ideas? I am having very similar problems with winme and a small home network. Have you come to any resolution? This thread seems to end abruptly. Thanks PM |
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Strange Networking problem with Win ME
I am having a very similar bizzare problem. When I am connected to the
network windows me is not happy. ALl network function seems to be there but explorer (as in Windows Explorer not Internet Explorer) wants to crash continually if I ctrl alt del and end task explorer I can restore windows functionality long enough to launch a program but shortly after launching explorer will freeze again. I can open IE by clicking the task bar shortcut, this causes "explorer" to hang so I ctrl alt del end task which allows IE to finish loading and then I can surf the web no problem. I can even explore my hard drive from IE but if i try to right click on "my computer" and "Explore" I get hung up. Same goes for any icon on the desk top. THe start button will freeze up if I try to start something there too. Any help you can offer would be apprieciated THanks PMC wrote in message ... "lionsfan" wrote in message ... Background - I had a network setup before I moved consisting of 4 machines running Win98SE/Win98SE/WinME/WinXP Home. I had them all running through a Linksys router connected to a cable modem. Everything worked great. Now - I have the same computers, but now I'm connected to a D-Link router connected to a DSL modem. Everything works accept the Win ME computer. I can't use any sort of Explorer when connected to the network. what kinds of explorer are there besides versoins of IE? did you try OE (smtp, mail) or eudora or xnews or forte, etc? i notice your post is via MS newsgroups web interface, right? "X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000" ... so you havne't checked your aility to use smtp or mail or nntp... right? Windows Explorer never pops up no matter how I try to start it. Internet Explorer begins to load (draws the window border), but then stops. Either of these locks up the task bar and I have to use the task manager to shutdown. Nothing in the task manager is listed as not responding, but I have to click 'end task' for two unknown processes before it shuts down. Strange part - I can ping the router and other machines from ME. I can ping the ME machine from any other. I can even connect to the shared drives and put files on the ME machine from the other machines. I cannot connect to anything from the ME machine though. i should have read your original post before replying further on ... I've reinstalled the network drivers and Winsock2. I even ran system restore to a point where I knew for sure the system was working. So far nothing has fixed the problem. If I'm not connected to the network, both Windows and Internet Explorer work as expected. Any ideas? |
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-----Original Message----- lionsfan wrote: Background - I had a network setup before I moved consisting of 4 machines running Win98SE/Win98SE/WinME/WinXP Home. I had them all running through a Linksys router connected to a cable modem. Everything worked great. If I'm not connected to the network, both Windows and Internet Explorer work as expected. Any ideas? I am having very similar problems with winme and a small home network. Have you come to any resolution? This thread seems to end abruptly. Thanks PM . I am also having a similar problem. I have seen a few posts regarding Windows Explorer freezing on a Windows ME machine that is networked with an XP machine. Has anyone seen a resolution to this yet? |
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Help! I am also having this problem! Has anyone got any
suggestions on how to resolve this? -----Original Message----- I am having a very similar bizzare problem. When I am connected to the network windows me is not happy. ALl network function seems to be there but explorer (as in Windows Explorer not Internet Explorer) wants to crash continually if I ctrl alt del and end task explorer I can restore windows functionality long enough to launch a program but shortly after launching explorer will freeze again. I can open IE by clicking the task bar shortcut, this causes "explorer" to hang so I ctrl alt del end task which allows IE to finish loading and then I can surf the web no problem. I can even explore my hard drive from IE but if i try to right click on "my computer" and "Explore" I get hung up. Same goes for any icon on the desk top. THe start button will freeze up if I try to start something there too. Any help you can offer would be apprieciated THanks PMC wrote in message ... "lionsfan" wrote in message ... Background - I had a network setup before I moved consisting of 4 machines running Win98SE/Win98SE/WinME/WinXP Home. I had them all running through a Linksys router connected to a cable modem. Everything worked great. Now - I have the same computers, but now I'm connected to a D-Link router connected to a DSL modem. Everything works accept the Win ME computer. I can't use any sort of Explorer when connected to the network. what kinds of explorer are there besides versoins of IE? did you try OE (smtp, mail) or eudora or xnews or forte, etc? i notice your post is via MS newsgroups web interface, right? "X-Newsreader: Microsoft CDO for Windows 2000" ... so you havne't checked your aility to use smtp or mail or nntp... right? Windows Explorer never pops up no matter how I try to start it. Internet Explorer begins to load (draws the window border), but then stops. Either of these locks up the task bar and I have to use the task manager to shutdown. Nothing in the task manager is listed as not responding, but I have to click 'end task' for two unknown processes before it shuts down. Strange part - I can ping the router and other machines from ME. I can ping the ME machine from any other. I can even connect to the shared drives and put files on the ME machine from the other machines. I cannot connect to anything from the ME machine though. i should have read your original post before replying further on ... I've reinstalled the network drivers and Winsock2. I even ran system restore to a point where I knew for sure the system was working. So far nothing has fixed the problem. If I'm not connected to the network, both Windows and Internet Explorer work as expected. Any ideas? . |
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