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Sometimes when I right click on an icon, instead of the dropdown menu appearing, I get the following popup box:
"No connection to the Internet is currently available. To view Internet content that has been saved on your computer, click Work Offline. Click Try Again to attempt to connect."
This is really annoying. Please advise.
Are you running Active Desktop, View as webpage?
My guess is that you are trying to make a connection by clicking the desktop versus the actual icon on the desktop.
Is any of this possible?
Bryan
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I've noticed some of the MSN stuff does that too. You may want to run msconfig and check what's being loaded from the 'startup' tab.
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I'm checked with MSCONFIG and tried only loading the most absolutely necessary items, and also, I have active desktop disabled... It still does it. It's the strangest thing. I've checked my internet settings and all of the most obvious places, with no luck. Any other thoughts?
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It could be adware, spyware or some dialing software trying to connect. You might try spybot and/or adaware and see what they find.
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I'm having the exact same problem and it's driving me crazy. I ran adaware and it freezes half wat thru. I ran spybot and it found a lot of stuff but didn't solve the prob. I ran spy sweeper and it also freezes half way thru. Any help is appreciated.
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Try running them from safe mode.
When in normal mode, post back what's listed in STARTUP when you run msconfig.
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I ran spybot in safe mode but it freezes at the same spot every time. when I ran msconfig this is what is checked on.
aoud
scan registry
task manager
system tray
load power profile
gmini systray utility
updmgr
still mage monitor
hpdj taskbar utility
nssysconf
hpsysconf1
auto updater
pccguide.exe
pccclient.exe
pop3 trap.exe
quick time task
load power profile
scheduling agent
pcciomon.exe
pcc pfw
run=
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These are definately bad:
Nssysconf is probably the worst. Updmgr is probably from Kazaa.
I couldn't find anything on aoud and auto updater is too general to identify it exactly. You may want to post back the path and file name to the right of these two items.
The other items are probably OK.
If spybot won't run try adaware before attempting a manual removal.
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aoud C:\windows\application data\eoet.exe
auto updater "c:\program files\auto update\auto update.exe"
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I found nothing on eoet.exe either and the auto updater is still too general a term.
Remove the two items in #8 above according to the instructions in the links. Then uncheck aoud and auto updater in msconfig--startup to keep them from loading.
Were you able to run adaware from safe mode?
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