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by nate from ri

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On a PC running Win98 SE, I have been having an odd problem with Networking. I noticed the problem when both IE 5 and Netscape 4.6 quit with illegal operations when visiting any web page. I also found that telnet, ftp and Windows networking were not able to connect to anything (but did not crash). I can ping other addresses. Removed and reinstalled networking components including TCP/IP. Updated NIC drives, tried a new NIC. Plugged into a different network port. Other PC's do connect via these network ports. Any ideas what is up with this PC?

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by raffi_

I had similar problems. They started after this particular PC had a virus removed. I spent three days! looking for whatever files had been corrupted by the virus and/or the removal of same and reading 000's of TechNet KB articles. I'm sure it is fixable but the most expedient measure I found was to do a re-install. PC is now happy and functioning normally. Sorry my news was not better. Cut your losses.

SF

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