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> i'm on a dial up connection. after i connect, i have x amounts of mins
> to say online until it does what i am about to tell you about. x = any
> amount of time (1 min to 60 hours).
This doesn't compute for me. Even tho' I have no experience with XP or
dialup, it just doesn't make any sense.
> When it happens it happens like
> this: the start bar goes crazy.
That would seem to have to originate from the OS itself; virus, malware
> It resets to the old version(classic)
> from the xp...but it's not the classic...it's like the classic but not
> like it. then it goes back to xp theme.
yada yada
> Then is when my FIREFOX
> browser can't connect to any servers and neither can opera or ie.
That could be anything, such as loss of the dns, but that doesn't
explain the above.
> So i
> double click the internet connection icon in the right left hand
> corner where the programs are like avg and firewalls...i forget what
> that's called now...taskbar? and it flashes the internet connection
> but it closes really fast.
I don't know what that is telling us.
> So i tried another computer for a while
> withdial up at my house
Excellent troubleshooting strategy.
> ...and it does the same thing.
Unbelievable. Is this a troll?
> next i tried
> switching isp and it does the same.
Also unbelievable. It must be a troll.
> lastly i refomrated my computer
> and put a fresh copy of xp on it and it still does it.
Definitely a troll -- or some magical demon which slips into all of the
computers in the house just by their being booted up and accessing the
internet.
But, the first time I read it I tho't 'what an outstanding job of trying
to describe something you don't understand.'
--
Mike Easter
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