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On Sun, 31 Dec 2006 12:01:47 -0500, "Daave"
<dcwashNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>joevan wrote:
>> On Sat, 30 Dec 2006 23:26:05 -0500, "Daave"
>> <dcwashNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> joevan wrote:
>>>> I was told by a verizon tech that because it would not work on my
>>>> daughters sony with xp that I had to call sony to see what is wrong.
>>>> I can get to yahoo by pinging them from the command prompt but not
>>>> via IE. Neither can I connect to email.
>>>> Just thought I would cast a line here in case anyone has any ideas.
>>>> I got the machine used and don't know if maybe I should forget it
>>>> for online or not.
>>>
>>> Is this a recent problem, or has it always been this way since you
>>> got the machine?
>>>
>>> What happens when you use another browser?
>>>
>>> Are there any toolbar add-ons in IE? Yahoo and UPromise toolbars are
>>> known to hose IE.
>> Uh, it isn't just IE, Mail will not work either. When I checked
>> ipconfig /all I saw that-
>> iprouting not enabled,
>> and wins proxy not enabled.
>> This is probably the problem.
>
>As why? stated, it's probably not the problem.
>
>What program do you use for e-mail. How is it configured?
>
>I would still try another browser -- if only to rule things out.
>
>Do you have DSL or dial-up? If DSL, do you have a static or dynamic IP,
>and how do you have your TCP/IP Properties configured?
>
>And again, is this a recent problem, or has it always been this way
>since you got the machine?
Ok, I tried the diagnostics and all it said was what I already knew.
Mail and IE failed.
Ha, I got it. All ok now. Thanks for all the help but I am a bit
annoyed at the great indian so called verizon, help from Bangledesh or
whatever.
It seems to have been a simple setting in my verizon dialer for the
dsl.
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