page cannot be displayed - not AOL user

[macaruda]

when i get connected to the net, i can't get to any web pages using internet explorer or other browser as well.

tried ping 127.0.0.1 - sucessfully, and i'm not AOL user.

happened after i got mad at some adware and went to modify my registry.

pls help...

[Alias]

So do a system restore to right before you messed with your registry.

Alias

"macaruda" > wrote

> when i get connected to the net, i can't get to any web pages using
internet explorer or other browser as well.
>
> tried ping 127.0.0.1 - sucessfully, and i'm not AOL user.
>
> happened after i got mad at some adware and went to modify my registry.
>
> pls help...

[macaruda]

uh... restoration failed. guess i'm pretty messed up now.

i even use a couple of registry program, like registry clean up and registry healer.

ahhh.. what have i done...

[macaruda]

ops ... actually i can get the webpages by ip address, not by names.

how could this happened? winsock error?

help me pls

[macaruda]

ay! yay! yay! nevermind, got it fixed already......

thanks to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 274498

"The Page Cannot Be Displayed" Error Messages After You Upgrade to Windows Millennium Edition.

Funny i didn't upgrade .... but as long as it works who cares.