Ethereal_Dragon
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Hello again all....
I am once again helping out a friend with a laptop. He was having internet problems, and also a virus that needed to be taken care of. We were under the impression that it was one in the same problem.... WRONG.
The issue is that the internet doesn't work on this. I can connect it to the router, and it gets an IP address, but it is as if there is a hidden firewall blocking ALMOST all the ports. Http (port 80), BLOCKED.... no sites come up, I have tried installing new browers, all have the same issue. FTP & Telnet (21 & 23) are blocked also... I cannot telnet to my NAS box from this computer. Strangly, PINGING Google works FINE, and also the iTunes store, works FINE. I cannot find any installed firewalls except windows firewall, but it is somehow broken, and won't even run for me to try and disable it.
I have installed AVG antivirus, and it found a few things, and they have since been cleaned out. I have CCleaner on it also, that has been run. I tried to install spybot, but it isn't possible, since it installs online, and internet is jacked.
What I would LIKE to do, is just do a re-install of Windows MCE, and see what effect that has on it. The only problem is my buddy doesn't have the re-install disk, and I don't have MCE. I have his CD Key for it, so THATS not a problem (legit key on Windows sticker on laptop), I just need the image for a CD/DVD to do it... any ideas?
I am once again helping out a friend with a laptop. He was having internet problems, and also a virus that needed to be taken care of. We were under the impression that it was one in the same problem.... WRONG.
The issue is that the internet doesn't work on this. I can connect it to the router, and it gets an IP address, but it is as if there is a hidden firewall blocking ALMOST all the ports. Http (port 80), BLOCKED.... no sites come up, I have tried installing new browers, all have the same issue. FTP & Telnet (21 & 23) are blocked also... I cannot telnet to my NAS box from this computer. Strangly, PINGING Google works FINE, and also the iTunes store, works FINE. I cannot find any installed firewalls except windows firewall, but it is somehow broken, and won't even run for me to try and disable it.
I have installed AVG antivirus, and it found a few things, and they have since been cleaned out. I have CCleaner on it also, that has been run. I tried to install spybot, but it isn't possible, since it installs online, and internet is jacked.
What I would LIKE to do, is just do a re-install of Windows MCE, and see what effect that has on it. The only problem is my buddy doesn't have the re-install disk, and I don't have MCE. I have his CD Key for it, so THATS not a problem (legit key on Windows sticker on laptop), I just need the image for a CD/DVD to do it... any ideas?