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From: Arthur Shapiro on 5 May 2010 17:16 In article <Xet.4aglp2(a)DoNotSpam.com>, Xet <Xet.4aglp2(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote: > >My computer often redirects me on Google searches and sometimes gives me >a random pop-up in the form of a new tab I've seen behavior like this on a machine where the DNS Server has been hijacked - replaced with some other machine under the control of the "bad guys". A DNS server is the magic machine out yonder that changes the textual name you type into a browser (such as www.google.com) into an actual string of numbers (termed the IP address). Others might well have a better way of detecting / correcting it if necessary, but let me first ask: do you have a "My Network Places" icon on your desktop. Art
From: Xet on 6 May 2010 00:25 I can access My Network Places. I do not have it as an icon on my desktop since I like to keep it empty. It is on my start menu. -- Xet ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Xet's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/216524.htm View this thread: http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1333329.htm http://forums.techarena.in
From: Arthur Shapiro on 6 May 2010 13:45 In article <Xet.4aj2pb(a)DoNotSpam.com>, Xet <Xet.4aj2pb(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote: > >I can access My Network Places. OK. Right click on it and click Properties. Right click on the "appropriate" connection - it's probably called "Local Area Connection" - and again click Properties. Doubleclick "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)". You'll see a dialog box with a single "General" tab. What do you see in the bottom half. Do you have "Obtain DNS server address automatically" checked, or is the other item "Use the following DNS server addresses" checked? If the former, then my theory is wrong. If the latter, please report what, if anything, is in the Preferred DNS server and in the Alternate DNS server boxes. If they're blank, once again my theory is inappropriate here. Art
From: ruic on 7 May 2010 16:13
Go to Start->Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt Then type each one of the commands that I gave you followed by the enter key When you are done close the Command Prompt box and try the windows update again and see if it works. Rui "Xet" <Xet.4ai2lb(a)DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message news:Xet.4ai2lb(a)DoNotSpam.com... > > I'm not tech savvy so I have no idea what your instructions mean. Could > you dumb it down? > > > -- > Xet > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Xet's Profile: http://forums.techarena.in/members/216524.htm > View this thread: > http://forums.techarena.in/windows-xp-support/1333329.htm > > http://forums.techarena.in > |