Windows XP Service Pack 3

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Howzit folks! I was just wondering if someone can PLEASE help me about with Windows Service Pack 3 please?

I get the Windows Update message to download it and when I do so, it either crashes & goes to "Blue Screen" or installs perfectly.

When it installs perfectly, I then am unable to browse or load Web Pages at all. All give me the "Not Found" message. :mad:

I'm not capped, I've even formatted & ran a fresh install of XP SP2 then downloaded SP3 only to have my browser bomb out on me...

I don't really want to switch to FireFox...

If someone can help me out, I'd be SUPER gratefull. :D

Thanks!
 
Fixing Windows problems rarely results in having Windows on your system.
Sorry.
 
Is IE not working your only problem?
Did it work fine before installing SP3? If so then check your internet options & network settings before and after and make sure they're the same.
If you do a clean XP SP2 install you should still be on IE6 - did you at any point of this process upgrade to IE7?
Can you use the browser to your router's web admin? (in other words, is it the browser that's not working per se or is there a networking problem)

To check the networking: open 'n command line window and try pinging a site like "saix.net" and see if it resolves the IP address.
 
charlie_82 said:
Why..??? Firefox is the best browser ever! IE suxxx
Don't know how to fix your problem tho.. Sorry
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I agree, I like FireFox & used to use it on my old PC, I'm just determined to find out WHY & solve this problem. :)
 
spacemuis said:
Is IE not working your only problem?
Did it work fine before installing SP3? If so then check your internet options & network settings before and after and make sure they're the same.
If you do a clean XP SP2 install you should still be on IE6 - did you at any point of this process upgrade to IE7?
Can you use the browser to your router's web admin? (in other words, is it the browser that's not working per se or is there a networking problem)

To check the networking: open 'n command line window and try pinging a site like "saix.net" and see if it resolves the IP address.
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Hey there! Thanks for the help!

Yup it worked perfectly well before installing SP3 - even with IE7. I've trippled checked my Network settings, along with my Router settings. Don't think its that though. I think it has something to do with my Update order or the Update itself.

After I run my Fresh Install, I do the SP3 update & it gives me IE7 automatically.

I've done a few ping tests & they seem fine, the packets aren't slow or anything. I don't think its a network problem though.

Going to give the guys at Microsoft a call now. Thanks again!
 
OK - I will bite.

Is IE not working, or is the internet being blocked?
Open a dos prompt.
Type: ping 168.210.2.2

Does it show results? or Timeouts?

If it shows timeouts, then it is more than likely some over zealous filter.
Let us know, and we can continue.
 
Maybe your connection is the issue? Do you have a router? Maybe the connection is trying to dial out or is not trying to - maybe it is doing the opposite of what it should be doing??
 
Could be that the SP has corupted your FW database
[start] [run] [cmd]

in the DOS window type:
netsh firewall reset

then reboot.

I know I had a problem with SP3 on one machine that i had to re-register a whole bunch of DLLs - I'll go find that for you and you can try it....
 
Ah, found it:

[start] [run] [cmd]
in the DOS window type:

cd c:\windows\system32

regsvr32 /u urlmon.dll
regsvr32 /u mshtml.dll
regsvr32 /u shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 /u browseui.dll
regsvr32 /u jscript.dll
regsvr32 /u vbscript.dll
regsvr32 /u scrrun.dll
regsvr32 /u msxml.dll
regsvr32 /u actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 /u softpub.dll
regsvr32 /u wintrust.dll
regsvr32 /u dssenh.dll
regsvr32 /u rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 /u gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 /u sccbase.dll
regsvr32 /u slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 /u cryptdlg.dll
regsvr32 /u oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 /u ole32.dll
regsvr32 /u shell32.dll
regsvr32 /u initpki.dll
regsvr32 /u msjava.dll

regsvr32 urlmon.dll
regsvr32 mshtml.dll
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
regsvr32 browseui.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 vbscript.dll
regsvr32 scrrun.dll
regsvr32 msxml.dll
regsvr32 actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
regsvr32 oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 ole32.dll
regsvr32 shell32.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 msjava.dll
 
I had the same problem here after I installed SP3. You will have to create a new connection to the internet. Under newtork connections and then selecting Broadband, type in your ISP username and password.

Connect it, and bobs your uncle
 
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