Recent content by Wildcat Rudy

I threw in the towel on trying to fix this one problem, so I performed one of those in-place upgrades (to the same version) which worked to restore everything, along with keeping all of the programs and settings. That was earlier in December. Later that month, I took advantage of the $15...

Believe it or not, I'm still alive. And my IE is still dead! :D I've been so busy over the past several months that I have put this on the back burner. Today I had to catch up on my Windows 7 updates, and even got Service Pack 1 installed with no issues. Except that IE is still dead...

I've had Windows XP since it came out, and have only had to reinstall it on one computer. I kept getting blue screens, which of course would screw up the registry, and my reinstalls only added to the number of nearly identical user account directories on the computer. Turns out the fan on my...

Still not working...

Sorry it takes awhile to reply--I'm having to use the computer most of the day for work, so there isn't much time to tinker with it... You know, I had that same idea also, but what it does is bring me to a dialog saying I already have an Internet connection, but I check the box to set one up...

I agree it's probably related to the network card or its associated driver. I haven't had time to try the MS-provided driver for my network adapter, but will give it a shot later on. Although I've already deleted the item and reinstalled it a few times via Device Manager, maybe with a fresh...

I was actually hoping we'd learn more about advanced diagnostics like this in A+. (And to be honest, I learned more about networking in my Server 2008 certification class than in Network+! ;) ) At any rate, my hosts file is good--I have a couple dozen manual entries for projects I've worked...

It's the "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" error page, with the diagnostics button (which, in typical fashion, does nothing). They didn't teach us anything about this in our A+ courses, did they? ;) BTW, reading through related threads here and elsewhere, I've already tried...

Hi Randy, thanks for the reply! IE8 had the same problem as IE9--I only tried hopping to IE9 to see if any missing IE-based driver or system file would be updated or replaced if missing. No such luck. This is showing up in other programs also (something I forgot to mention). I can't get...

One clue that might help: I ran IE through the process of setting up a new internet connection. The message I got back was that Windows could not detect any networking hardware, then offered PPPoE and dial-up as options. Somehow, IE isn't detecting the network connection, and yet everything...

Background: I'm running Windows 7, 64 bit, with IE9. Symptom: Internet access works fine with everything, except any program that seems to be tied to Internet Explorer. Programs such as command line utilities (Powershell, etc.), other browsers (Chrome, etc.), FTP, Usenet reader, Tweetdeck...