Hello,
one of my friend has had this tough little problem for close to a week now, the title sums it up.
OutlookExpress cannot find servers (I haven't tried but suspect replacing servers name by ip would fix it temporarly
He's running XP pro sp2* standalone on a cable modem, the ISP use dynamic IP & DNS, the only connection listed is LAN
I have already spent close to 2 hours on the phone trying to help fixing it, & I am pretty much out of ideas
Here's what I've tried already:
Firefox
IE7 without addons
(regular) IE7 reset advanced settings
Was running no proxy, so tried auto detect
Safe mode w/networking
Msconfig: disable all non-MS services & startups
Netsh winsock reset catalog
Ipconfig /flushdns
Tried disabling avast a/v; could not because of a password request, resolved to uninstall avast
SFC /scannow
Compared all properties of TCP/IP to my working computer
Tried OpenDNS instead of default blanks
Disable/enable LAN
Repair connection (XP report all's fine)
Disable/enable network card tru device mgr
Tried to use System Restore, but it was turned off...;o(
Used Spybot LSP tool to compare with my comp; only difference found: he's got an extra NS PROVIDER line about Bonjour service (Apple Ipod related)
I am now at the point where I will ask him to bring the computer over to me
Any ideas welcome
XP pro sp2*: windows update downloaded sp3, but failed to install successfully days prior to the URL problem