Hello everyone,
I have a Dell Optiplex GX270 with a pentium 4 processor, yes I know, old, but it works. It is running on Windows XP Pro, version 2002 with service pack 3. I have cable internet connected to a Linksys WRT100 router. As of late, my computer has been acting a little funny. I cannot seem to browse the internet for more than 5 minutes (with either Firefox 3 or IE 8) in normal mode, but the computer shows that I am connected to the internet. I was connected via a usb wireless adaptor, but since it has been acting strange, I have removed the wireless adaptor with the software and am now connected through an ethernet cord to the router which is connected to the cable modem.
The internet works fine in safe mode with networking though. Plus, in normal mode, I am able to update services such as McAfee virus scan and Spybot, as well as remote connect to another computer, which require internet although the internet browsers say that it is not connected. I have ran Spybot, Ad-Aware, and McAfee virus scan already as well, all have not found anything. My roommate's laptop is able to connect to the network, via ethernet and wireless adapter, thus I do not believe it is either the router or modem. In device manager, my network adaptor icons did not show either an "x" or "!" icon. I have tried "WinsockxpFix" but that does not seem to solve my problem. I have tried going into "msconfig" to disable all of the "startup" programs but that does not seem to solve my problem either. I have tried disabling all of the "services" in "msconfig" as well but it appears that I need some of them to connect to the internet, as I do not have a connection when all "services" are disabled. I do not know which "services" in "msconfig" I need to have enabled to allow only internet to work, thus I have not been able to troubleshoot with this method. I have tried flushing ipconfig as well with the following saved as "Flush.bat" on my computer:
echo off
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
ipconfig /renew
netsh winsock reset catalog
netsh int ip reset rese.log
netsh winsock reset
pause
System restore is not an option for me either as I have not set up a restore point, so the only one available, date highlighted bold is from yesterday, which will not help me. I really do not want to restore to factory settings. I am out of ideas and would be open to any suggestions you might have. Please help me fix this problem. Thank you very much in advance for the advice!
I have a Dell Optiplex GX270 with a pentium 4 processor, yes I know, old, but it works. It is running on Windows XP Pro, version 2002 with service pack 3. I have cable internet connected to a Linksys WRT100 router. As of late, my computer has been acting a little funny. I cannot seem to browse the internet for more than 5 minutes (with either Firefox 3 or IE 8) in normal mode, but the computer shows that I am connected to the internet. I was connected via a usb wireless adaptor, but since it has been acting strange, I have removed the wireless adaptor with the software and am now connected through an ethernet cord to the router which is connected to the cable modem.
The internet works fine in safe mode with networking though. Plus, in normal mode, I am able to update services such as McAfee virus scan and Spybot, as well as remote connect to another computer, which require internet although the internet browsers say that it is not connected. I have ran Spybot, Ad-Aware, and McAfee virus scan already as well, all have not found anything. My roommate's laptop is able to connect to the network, via ethernet and wireless adapter, thus I do not believe it is either the router or modem. In device manager, my network adaptor icons did not show either an "x" or "!" icon. I have tried "WinsockxpFix" but that does not seem to solve my problem. I have tried going into "msconfig" to disable all of the "startup" programs but that does not seem to solve my problem either. I have tried disabling all of the "services" in "msconfig" as well but it appears that I need some of them to connect to the internet, as I do not have a connection when all "services" are disabled. I do not know which "services" in "msconfig" I need to have enabled to allow only internet to work, thus I have not been able to troubleshoot with this method. I have tried flushing ipconfig as well with the following saved as "Flush.bat" on my computer:
echo off
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
ipconfig /renew
netsh winsock reset catalog
netsh int ip reset rese.log
netsh winsock reset
pause
System restore is not an option for me either as I have not set up a restore point, so the only one available, date highlighted bold is from yesterday, which will not help me. I really do not want to restore to factory settings. I am out of ideas and would be open to any suggestions you might have. Please help me fix this problem. Thank you very much in advance for the advice!