NIC can ping, but Win 98 can't access Internet and other TCPIP apps?!?!

[Kent P. Iler]

Hi,

I have a Win98SE machine that has been working fine for years. Yesterday,
it couldn't print to IP printers, couldn't access the Internet from a
browser (not even by IP address), but could ping and resolve IP addresses
from a command prompt, and could still copy files to mapped drives.

I first tried to uninstall and reinstall TCPIP and the NIC driver, but that
didn't work. I even disabled the onboard NIC, and then added a PCI NIC, but
I'm getting the same thing.

I ran file system checker, and all versions seemed OK. I ran Symantec
Antivirus, but nothing was found.

I've never seen anything like this! Normally a NIC works or doesn't.

Can you think of anything else I can try before I resort to formatting and
reloading everything?

Thanks.

-- Kent Iler
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This is the strangest thing. We have an office with 7
computers. 2 have 98SE, 1 has ME and the others have
XP. The 98SE and the ME machines all experienced this
same problem YESTERDAY at the same time. It was as if
something had taken over control of the network
connection and was over riding the IP and DHCP settings.
The only way we could get aroound this was to set a
static IP and the associated settings. This is a patch
for sure but I would really like to hear from someone who
knows what happened here.
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>I have a Win98SE machine that has been working fine for
years. Yesterday,
>it couldn't print to IP printers, couldn't access the
Internet from a
>browser (not even by IP address), but could ping and
resolve IP addresses
>from a command prompt, and could still copy files to
mapped drives.
>
>I first tried to uninstall and reinstall TCPIP and the
NIC driver, but that
>didn't work. I even disabled the onboard NIC, and then
added a PCI NIC, but
>I'm getting the same thing.
>
>I ran file system checker, and all versions seemed OK.
I ran Symantec
>Antivirus, but nothing was found.
>
>I've never seen anything like this! Normally a NIC
works or doesn't.
>
>Can you think of anything else I can try before I resort
to formatting and
>reloading everything?
>
>Thanks.
>
>-- Kent Iler
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>
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[Sandi - Microsoft MVP]

For advice specific to problems with secure sites, have a look at the first
link - for general advice, have a look at the second:

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers2.htm#secure_sites
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers.htm#dns

You may like to give LSPFix or WinsockFix a go:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/data/lsp_fix.htm

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Hyperlinks are used to ensure advice remains current
_______________________________________
Sandi - Microsoft MVP since 1999 (IE/OE)
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/



Kent P. Iler wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a Win98SE machine that has been working fine for years.
> Yesterday, it couldn't print to IP printers, couldn't access the
> Internet from a browser (not even by IP address), but could ping and
> resolve IP addresses from a command prompt, and could still copy
> files to mapped drives.
>
> I first tried to uninstall and reinstall TCPIP and the NIC driver,
> but that didn't work. I even disabled the onboard NIC, and then
> added a PCI NIC, but I'm getting the same thing.
>
> I ran file system checker, and all versions seemed OK. I ran Symantec
> Antivirus, but nothing was found.
>
> I've never seen anything like this! Normally a NIC works or doesn't.
>
> Can you think of anything else I can try before I resort to
> formatting and reloading everything?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- Kent Iler
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>
> Please CC: all replies via e-mail
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