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by rocky ho

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I just want to gather some suggestions on the causes of the following web access problem:

I use win2000pro and IE5 to access internet quite well. Recently, after I visited few sites e.g. hotmail/yahoo, IE works at the very beginning but fails to display other sites very soon (Note: it claimed that website found in the status bar) The logo turning round and round. And a long time later, the fail page occurs. I tried to update to IE6, or use Netscape, still have this problem. I have to restartor re-login the computer.

What I have done recently is to install the NetBEUI protocol to allow communication between systems of the same workgroup.

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by ann777

Delete all Temporary Internet Files, *.tmp, ~*.*, etc. Delete all the cached files from Netscape (delete everything in the cache folder under program files, netscape).

How many computers in your workgroup? Do they all access the internet simultaneously?

It sounds more like an ISP problem, or a connectivity issue, more than anything else. Is this cable or DSL? Do you have a broadband router or are you sharing via another method? You might want to check on your ISP's website and see if they've been experiencing any problems recently.

NetBEUI is internal... it shouldn't have anything to do with external traffic. Make sure that TCP/IP is first in the protocol listings though.

by dklippert

I think you answered your own question. The culprit is probably NETBEUI.
Here's an MS article. Type the Q number into the solutions using box at support.microsoft.com.

Connecting to Internet Service Provider Is Slow

Q210289

by xpertdragon

It is probably not the fault of your IE Browser at all. How are you connecting to the Internet? Dialup? are you particpating in a LAN? What are the first web pages that you are visiting? are they local? Double-Check those Network settings, as it is fine most of the time to Have Netbeui and TCP/IP protocols installed together, but usally not a great idea to have just Netbeui only, as it is not a true routable protocol.

Paul M. Chavez

by edsdave

remove the Netbeui protocol as TCP/Ip will do the same if on a Win95 or higher network.

by rocky ho

The computer system is used by multiple persons ... i.e. multiple profiles.
The unaccessibilty to the internet occurs after the person logout the current profile and login again. To gain access to internet again, we must restart the computer!

Computer is connected to University network!

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