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Originally Posted by persuazion
yes...but I cant type a website in the address bar because it will freeze up...I just have to use the search bar...and my comp isnt recognizing my modem but I can still get on the net.....?
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Hi all,
I'm new here. Looks like this is a pretty good site for information. I've been building and repairing computers since the mid-1980s. I own Empire Systems in Plattsburgh, NY. We build custom systems and perform service work. We've been here for almost 5 years. I'm hoping that my experience will add to the good diagnostics that I've seen displayed here by the rest of you.
Anyway, I found this site looking for a solution for one of my customer's computers. He hasn't used the computer much since I built it for him, but this week he tried to get online using dial-up, but kept getting an error message about it not having a modem. I tried changing modems, but couldn't remove the old one because the device manager was blank. I opened WinXP in Safe Mode, and all the devices were there. Did anyone else notice this?
His daughter has another problem with her dial-up connection, but I believe it's a problem with their ISP, since the modem dials, but disconnects while trying to send the username and password (error 732). Everything else looks ok on that 'puter. Worked fine one day, and didn't work the next.
I have yet to try the solutions I've found tonight, but I'm sure one of them will fix the problem when I get a chance to look at it tomorrow.
One more thing.... since I replied to persuazion's post, I might as well pass on what I learned when I ran into that problem. Here goes:
I was having trouble with my laptop a month or so ago. Same as you, I couldn't use the Address Bar in IE, but it worked fine if I used the Google search bar. Windows Explorer would show the hourglass for several seconds before showing the drive and other info.
This problem started soon after I did a few Windoze updates.... coincidence? Probably not. What I ended up doing was disabling Windows Image Acquisition (WIA) in the system Services. Works great now, except that it no longer recognized my camera's SD or Compact Flash cards when I insert them. I can still access them from Windows Explorer (or My Computer), but they won't open automatically. No big deal for me, but I wish MS would get off their butts and fix this glitch. I haven't been able to find a "proper" solution yet.
Hope this helps you out. Good luck!
