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My XP will NOT GO ON-line!!!! HELP???

Jul 30, 2011 2:22PM PDT

I have a Windows XP with SP3 installed. For the last week I can not go on-line no matter what ISP I use..Neither AOL, MSN or IE will not get to the World Wide web?? I keep getting Error 12007 or Error 0x80070422 with no note as how to cure them...Now what do I do???

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Microsoft does have a note on that error.
Jul 30, 2011 2:26PM PDT
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XP not going on-line?
Jul 30, 2011 4:59PM PDT

I've tried this "Repair" in Notepad 3 times and still nothing changes..I still cannot get in my IE or my AOL. Thanks for the help. Still looking for answers....

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Norton creating problems ?
Jul 30, 2011 6:17PM PDT

Bob may have a point about Norton. You should download the " Norton Removal Tool " to a USB stick, and run it on your XP rig, (presuming that you have Norton installed on it ) .

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Two things.
Jul 31, 2011 12:11AM PDT

There's more to this than Notepad. Some folk just do this "in Notepad" but didn't do the other steps.

Then again, there's that Norton issue but you didn't reply about that.
Bob

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XP-SP3 will not go on Line??? Norton Question??
Jul 31, 2011 6:48AM PDT

I do not use the Norton software, I've had toooooo many problems with their software in the past & I still do not trust their stuff. This whole problem started when I was using Windows Recovery Consule to try & fix various problems i was having with my XP. I would be able to download E-bay's Turbo Lister and then never be able to find it anywhere on my HD, no matter where or how I searched....

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There is malware out there called Windows Recovery.
Jul 31, 2011 6:53AM PDT

As it stands, with only the clues supplied I'd begin the hunt for malware.

Grif writes more at 7726-6132_102-5098912.html?tag=posts;msg5099421

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Please try this &Cnet???
Jul 31, 2011 12:27PM PDT

Many thanks for this...I will try it all as soon as I can....
You should also know that I have tried every Malware/anti-virius (Spybot/Malwareanti-virius/ComboFix) that I know of..I run all 3 several times in my computer and no changes so I don't think it's a bug...suspect it's a bad file and/or managled file(s) that is doing the damage...This all started when i tried to use Windows Recovery consoule off my XP Home CD to try & make my XP perform better...lots of help that did!!???

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That helped.
Aug 1, 2011 5:06AM PDT

But I'd have to know exactly what was done at the Microsoft XP CD Recovery Console to guess what to do next.

Most of the time, when the Windows OS CD is used we get to reinstall drivers for the motherboard and then the wifi card.
Bob

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XP-SP3 won't go on line!!!
Aug 3, 2011 2:02PM PDT

Many thanks to all of you who contributed to these wonderful answers & questions.
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As it turns out, my problem was not a bug or a virius of some kind, which was the most popular possibiliti, but that all MY SERVICES HAD BEEN TURNED OFF????!!! My computer couldn't locate any of it's devices or drives because IT COULDN'T FIND THEM????!!!

And since this somehow happened when I was using Windows Recovery Consule to try & solve some minor problems, It makes me wonder what "Recovery" is REALLY DOING when it's being run....

Use Windows Recovery with caution.....

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There are many services.
Aug 3, 2011 2:20PM PDT