re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer Thursday, December 5, 2002 at 5:46 am Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by c lausch (2 messages posted) Your solution saved my butt! It's folks like you, helping out other folks, that life's all about. Thanks a bunch! Happy Holidays!!!!!! On Wednesday, June 19, 2002 at 9:58 am, Jaime wrote: >If you get the c:\windows\sytem\shdoclc.dll\dnserror.htm msg, you probably have some >corrupted winsock keys. Can be caused by a number of programs. AOL has a specified >winsock that will only work with AOL that it installs and if you try to use it with >any other ISP, it breaks. MCaffe can also cause this...Try the following: > > >First go to add/remove programs in the control panel. >Uninstall newdotnet or new.net if you see it. >If you happen to see SaveNow in the list, uninstall that also >Go to the Windows Setup Tab. >Uncheck Communications. >Click apply. >Click ok. >It will ask you to reboot your computer. >DO NOT REBOOT. Say no. >Leave the control panel up. >Go to start>>run>>regedit. >Highlight My Computer on the left. >At the top of the registry editor, click on Registry>>export registry file. >Save it to your desktop. >Call it Backup.reg >Make sure the Export Range at the bottom is set to All. >Once the registry is backed up, browse to each of the following folders or "keys" >in the registry and delete them: >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\AFVXD >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\DHCP >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\MSTCP >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\Winsock >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\VXD\Winsock2 >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\WinSock2 >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\RemoteAccess >\Authentication\SMM_Files >Close the registry editor. >Go back to control panel. >Double click add/remove programs. >Go to the Windows setup tab. >Highlight the word Communications (not the checkmark box) and click details in the >bottom right. >Put a check in Dial up Networking. >Click Ok. >Click apply. >Click ok. >It will ask you to reboot. >This time: REBOOT. >When you get back up, try connecting to the net and browsing. > > > Written in response to: re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (Jaime: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 at 9:58 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (Reid Hattaway: Thu, Mar 21, 2002, 10:21 pm) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (Bryan Woldridge: Mon, Apr 29, 2002, 9:07 pm) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (wood: Wed, May 1, 2002, 4:36 am) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (wavesmash: Sun, May 5, 2002, 8:29 pm) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (JoAnne: Thu, May 9, 2002, 10:24 am) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (wood: Thu, May 9, 2002, 9:35 pm) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (Drew: Sat, Feb 1, 2003, 4:25 am) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (Udo Schweda: Sat, Jun 8, 2002, 7:05 pm) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (olar: Thu, Feb 6, 2003, 8:10 am) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (adamrose: Tue, Jun 11, 2002, 9:28 pm) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (Jaime: Wed, Jun 19, 2002, 9:58 am) re: DNS error reported-AOL and Walmart solution (jon bain: Thu, Jun 27, 2002, 2:15 am) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (Michelle: Mon, Oct 28, 2002, 6:03 am) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (c lausch: Thu, Dec 5, 2002, 5:46 am) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (Holly: Sat, Feb 8, 2003, 7:15 pm) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (Toby Reye: Fri, Apr 4, 2003, 9:51 pm) re: DNS error reported w/ Internet Explorer (Bronwen: Fri, Feb 28, 2003, 1:32 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows Me Discussion Forum