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    Issue with Internet Unreliability

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by reagan42, Sep 4, 2009.

  1. reagan42

    reagan42 Newbie

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    I have been having major issues with internet browsing. I get very high numbers of failure to load errors on both Internet Explorer 8 and Firefox 3.0.13. These occur with no discernable pattern (ie. I cannot identify any issue with my network connection) and on websites I frequent such as my homepage msn.com. I have experienced a strange phenemona where the network status icon on the taskbar will periodically switch to "local only" for brief periods but it doesn't seem to have any correlation with when I have the page display problem.

    I first started noticing the unreliability issue after I rolled back a BIOS update. Could that have something to do with it? (I went down from F.26 to F.25 on an HP Dv7-1175nr)
     
    reagan42, Sep 4, 2009
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    It might be related. Have you done the standard virus/trojan scans, and checked for missing or old drivers, etc? If you upgrade the BIOS, does the problem stop?
     
    kegobeer, Sep 4, 2009
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    reagan42 Newbie

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    I'm in the process of packing for a trip but I'll try that as soon as I get to my destination.
     
    reagan42, Sep 5, 2009
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    reagan42 Newbie

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    Well I flashed the BIOS and after more than a week of observation I'm not sure there that much of a difference in browsing reliability. My drivers appear to all be in over and the Device Manager is not complaining about anything so I really don't know any other remedies to try.

    Now, I realize that I am overstepping the bounds of this subforum here and moving onto "Windows OS and Software" territory, but would having multiple internet browsers on the same computer cause these kinds of problems?
     
    reagan42, Sep 19, 2009
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    kegobeer 1 hr late but moving fast

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    No. You can install as many browsers as you like - that has no impact.
     
    kegobeer, Sep 19, 2009
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