Hi Robear,

Here's a list of the Hotfixesthat were installed, all 'automatically' via
the windows update website.

2000 admin tools
KB822831
823182
823559
824105
824141
824146
825119
826232
828028
828035
828749
842773
905495

Only one machine connects to the web through this server, but I will check
on that client to see if any viruses are there.

I haven't tried removing the hotfixes yet to see if that remedies the
problem. Win 2000 automatically requires a restart after each one is removed
and so this would take an age to perform!

Again, thanks for your help.

Andy

"PA Bear" wrote:

> And this happens on both Win2K machines?
>
> What "relevant Hotfixes from the Windows Update website" did you install
> (e.g., Win2K SP4, Win2K SP4 Rollup 1) and when? Does uninstalling them
> resolve the problem? Were they installed via
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com or did you download the Hotfixes from the
> Windows Update (or Windows) Catalog and install them manually?
>
> How many users browse the internet with the Win2K machines? Is their use of
> the browser restricted in any way? (Pondering whether hijackware/Trojanware
> is the cause.)
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), AH-VSOP
>
>
> Andy wrote:
> > Hi Pa Bear,
> >
> > Thanks for the response.
> >
> > Internet Explorer will open, but instead of immediately opening the home
> > page as one would expect it simply displays a white screen as it trys to
> > load the page. After about 30 seconds it says 'Page Cannot be Displayed.'
> >
> > One thing I notice is that the progress bar of Explorer (bottom left of
> > the browser) where it would ordinarily tell you 'opening page
> > www.google.co.uk' now says says seems to display the IP address of the
> > homepage.
> >
> > I haven't touched the connection settings from before I installed the
> > updates so it can't be that!
> >
> > "PA Bear" wrote:
> > > Care to expand on "Internet Explorer stopped working" (e.g., IE doesn't
> > > load, IE loads but doesn't connect, IE loads & connects but generate
> > > errors)?
> > > --
> > > Andy wrote:
> > > > I have two servers, both running Windows 2000 Small Business Server.
> > > >
> > > > After routinely downloading the relavent Hotfixes from the Windows
> > > > Update website, I restarted to find that Internet Explorer stopped
> > > > working from the server computer.
> > > >
> > > > All the client machines work, but I can no longer check the internet
> > > > from the server.
>
>