Can you get a ping from any site?
Start->Run, type in "cmd" (without quotes).
When the command window appears, type in:
ping www.google.com
If the ping command doesn't time out, then it means that you've still got an internet connection.
Have you tried going to Windows Update while you still have an internet connection?
If you can't do this, then you can always manually install the Updates by downloading them from the Microsoft site and searching for Updates as of the last day that you updated. Download them onto a CD or USB key and run them on your computer.
Last thing to try:
Put your Windows XP CD in the CD-ROM drive.
Start->Run, "cmd"
type in:
sfc /scannow
sfc stands for System File Checker. It will check the integrity of your system files against the files that are on the CD and replace any that aren't Microsoft compliant (i.e. files that have been damaged/replaced by a virus).
I had about three IE windows open two nights ago when I went to bed. I hibernated my computer so when I turned it on the next morning, they were still there (links for a reference paper that I have to write). However, when I tried to open up a new IE window to check my e-mail, it just gave me the standard "This page cannot be displayed" message. Turns out I couldn't go to ANY site and I then proceeded to shut down and reboot. When I rebooted, only four startup icons appeared in the lower left corner: the internet connection icon, the wireless internet icon, Daemon tools, and Quicktime. Normally I have a ton of startup icons such as Symantec anti-virus, WeatherEye, and my CD Burning tool. I decided to glaze over this fact and try the internet anyways. Still no luck. I ran Symantec and did not catch anything (although a few days ago it caught a bunch of stuff like Bropia that I quarantined). I downloaded Ad-Aware and caught some stuff which i promptly deleted. I then ran the computer in Safe mode and did a check with Symantec which turned up a bunch of results. I deleted all but 15 of them which couldn't be quarantined, deleted, or anything. I don't know what those 15 things were but they never showed up again. I ran Housecall anti-virus as well as Ad-Aware again and caught more things (housecall turned up two Trojans which i got rid of). Oh and in case you haven't noticed already, I have internet access as long as it's in Safe Mode. Then a friend of mine told me to turn off System Restore so I went back to normal mode and turned it off. Since then I have not been able to catch ANY viruses or malicious files. My internet works for awhile on regular mode (approximately a minute) and then it goes back to giving me "This page cannot be displayed" . Everything seems like it's okay in the registry and the startup (aside from the fact that some thigns that should be in the startup are NOT in the startup). If anybody can help I'd really really REALLY appreciate it. Oh and btw I'm running XP right now. Thanks in advance.
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