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Normally my W2000/SP4 custom desktop runs fine. It was built with SP4
installed 3 years ago, no patches since then, daily browsing (DUN) with
Firefox and Xnews newsreader since then, never *had* problems until about
6 weeks ago.
I don't use MS software except for the OS, no commercial software,
usually small noinstall freeware utilities, has always been very
troublefree.
6 weeks ago, on daily cold boot, worked fine one day, installed nothing,
don't use registry cleaners, etc.
The next day, DUN was normal, Firefox opened normally, but it was not
browsing. I disabled the firewall, no help, I checked seveal things,
everything seemed normal. I changed nothing. I went to another XP
machine, works fine on same DUN connection. I ran several AV programs,
clean results.
The next day, browsing was normal. Normal for the next few weeks, one
day, I sent an email, 5 minutes later it stopped browsing.
I went back to a month-old registry, it started browsing again.
Today it is again not browsing. I'm writing this in another computer.
I have the rollup patch of about a year ago, waiting to install it after
I backup everything.
I just read an earlier post here that says W2K is very vulnerable, will
get infected in minutes unless patched, that is not my experience, SP4
helps with some issues, I'm sure. Careful browsing makes a lot of
difference also.
The way my machine normally works, there is nothing basic wrong, it
worked years OK.
Is there a missing patch that would account for this strange situation,
or what?
ms
installed 3 years ago, no patches since then, daily browsing (DUN) with
Firefox and Xnews newsreader since then, never *had* problems until about
6 weeks ago.
I don't use MS software except for the OS, no commercial software,
usually small noinstall freeware utilities, has always been very
troublefree.
6 weeks ago, on daily cold boot, worked fine one day, installed nothing,
don't use registry cleaners, etc.
The next day, DUN was normal, Firefox opened normally, but it was not
browsing. I disabled the firewall, no help, I checked seveal things,
everything seemed normal. I changed nothing. I went to another XP
machine, works fine on same DUN connection. I ran several AV programs,
clean results.
The next day, browsing was normal. Normal for the next few weeks, one
day, I sent an email, 5 minutes later it stopped browsing.
I went back to a month-old registry, it started browsing again.
Today it is again not browsing. I'm writing this in another computer.
I have the rollup patch of about a year ago, waiting to install it after
I backup everything.
I just read an earlier post here that says W2K is very vulnerable, will
get infected in minutes unless patched, that is not my experience, SP4
helps with some issues, I'm sure. Careful browsing makes a lot of
difference also.
The way my machine normally works, there is nothing basic wrong, it
worked years OK.
Is there a missing patch that would account for this strange situation,
or what?
ms