I have a Dell Dimension with Windows ME. I use IE 6.0 I believe. Everything has been running fine until yesterday - 4-26-07. I tried several times to open IE only to get the "Cannot find server" error message. I tried using several of my "Favorite" links. Some worked (very slowly) but most didn't. (always getting the Cannot Find Server error.


On a couple of occassions I did access IE by using Google. On one such occassion I was able to acess Hot Mail and actually read one email. When I access IE, I can get access several IE links, albeit very slowly. Prior to my problem, I hadn't tried anything "fancy" or unusual. I had been surfing for some auto repair information. I am not, incidentally, very "savvy" with regard to computer technicalities. To submit this problem, I used my "Favorite" list to access your site. Access was very slow, but it was there, thankfully. I access the internet using cable/modem via Brighthouse. I have tried System Restore, using several different restore dates. I have tried Scan Disc and De Frag. I have run Spybot, Ad-Aware and AVG 7.5 in that order. Most times now, I can get a site to come up after several very slow page refresh tries. I hope I have adequately described my problem. Let me know if not and I appreciate your help J. Crawford

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You've done a good job describing your problem. This could be a DNS server 
issue

This page has some good troubleshooting steps which may help identify what the problem 
is. You may need to contact your IP about the issue. They'd be able to help. 
http://www.duxcw.com/dcforum/DCForumID1/224.html

I've had  similar problems with my DSL service. They gave me some other DNS servers 
to use, rather than obtain DNS server automatically. 

Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File

Try this. Boot to DOS (using a bootable Win ME floppy from http://www.bootdisk.com) and type the following at the C:\ prompt -

SCANREG /RESTORE

Note the space before the forward slash in this command.

Follow the on-screen instructions, and try to restore the *oldest* backup of the registry (they're listed by date) as that's the one with the best chance of being from before the problem arose.

By default Windows keeps 5 backup copies of the Windows Registry, so that you can go back to before the problem arose.

When an on-screen message tells you that the registry has been successfully restored, restart the computer normally.

Ed


On Friday, April 27, 2007 at 7:13 am, j. Crawford wrote:
>I have a Dell Dimension with Windows ME. I use IE 6.0 I believe.
>Everything has been running fine until yesterday - 4-26-07.
>I tried several times to open IE only to get the "Cannot find server" error message.
>I tried using several of my "Favorite" links. Some worked (very slowly) but most
>didn't. (always getting the Cannot Find Server error.

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Thanks for the advice. It turned out to be a faulty modem. It was "leaking" packets. Brighthouse provided a new modem and all is well. Thanks again. J. Crawford


On Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 1:50 pm, Ed wrote:
>Try this. Boot to DOS (using a bootable Win ME floppy from >target=_blank>http://www.bootdisk.com) and type the following at the C:\ prompt
>-
>
>SCANREG /RESTORE
>
>Note the space before the forward slash in this command.
>
>Follow the on-screen instructions, and try to restore the *oldest* backup of the
>registry (they're listed by date) as that's the one with the best chance of being
>from before the problem arose.
>
>By default Windows keeps 5 backup copies of the Windows Registry, so that you can
>go back to before the problem arose.
>
>When an on-screen message tells you that the registry has been successfully restored,
>restart the computer normally.
>
>Ed
>
>
>

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Glad to hear you got this resolved. Thanks for letting us know; it's much appreciated.

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