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[sobranie]

Mate advises that all his IE favourites are ending up with a 404.  Probably clicked sommeat somewhere, any Ideas pls.?

[LesD]

Mate advises that all his IE favourites are ending up with a 404.  Probably clicked sommeat somewhere, any Ideas pls.?

He could try clearing his Temporary Internet Folder and deleting Cookies etc. then try again.

For me this is done at the Properties of IE or at the Tools menu Internet Options for other third party browsers I have no idea.

CCleaner among other utilities will do it too.

[sobranie]

He could try clearing his Temporary Internet Folder and deleting Cookies etc. then try again.

For me this is done at the Properties of IE or at the Tools menu Internet Options for other third party browsers I have no idea.

CCleaner among other utilities will do it too.

Just been round to him. Mystery deepens. Done the above btw.
Favs under star in IE seem to work OK.
Favs. he's put in folders have all stopped working. (100.s of them btw)
Message : IE cannot display this webpage and checking the error further advises a winsock error which 'puter advises it can cure.
So, let 'puter solve it but after re-boot it's back to 'cannot display webpage'.
My brain hurts at this stage as it's been a long hard day!!
I suspect he's clicked something, somewhere  ... but what???

[sobranie]

OMG The dreaded 12029 prob is here.




Quote
Last diagnostic run time: 03/17/09 23:07:04 WinSock Diagnostic
WinSock status

info All base service provider entries are present in the Winsock catalog.
info The Winsock Service provider chains are valid.
error Provider entry MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP] could not perform simple loopback communication. Error 10049.
info Provider entry MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP] passed the loopback communication test.
info Provider entry RSVP UDP Service Provider passed the loopback communication test.
error Provider entry RSVP TCP Service Provider could not perform simple loopback communication. Error 10049.
error A connectivity problem exists with an installed LSP.
action Automated repair: Reset WinSock catalog
action Successfully executed: netsh winsock reset catalog
info System restart required



Network Adapter Diagnostic
Network location detection

info Using home Internet connection
Network adapter identification

info Network connection: Name=Local Area Connection, Device=Broadcom 440x 10/100 Integrated Controller, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=LAN
info Network connection: Name=Wireless Network Connection, Device=Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=WIRELESS
info Network connection: Name=1394 Connection, Device=1394 Net Adapter, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=1394
info Both Ethernet and Wireless connections available, prompting user for selection
action User input required: Select network connection
info Wireless connection selected
Network adapter status

info Network connection status: Connected



HTTP, HTTPS, FTP Diagnostic
HTTP, HTTPS, FTP connectivity

warn HTTP: Error 12029 connecting to www.microsoft.com: A connection with the server could not be established 
warn FTP (Passive): Error 12029 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: A connection with the server could not be established 
warn FTP (Active): Error 12029 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: A connection with the server could not be established 
warn HTTPS: Error 12029 connecting to www.microsoft.com: A connection with the server could not be established 
warn HTTP: Error 12029 connecting to www.hotmail.com: A connection with the server could not be established 
warn HTTPS: Error 12029 connecting to www.passport.net: A connection with the server could not be established 
error Could not make an HTTP connection.
error Could not make an HTTPS connection.
error Could not make an FTP connection.

I'm off to bed now and will pull my hair out tomorrow!!

[Rik]

There's an apparently free tool to fix this here:

http://www.zaperrors.com/?t202id=911719&t202kw=error%2012029&gclid=CJHaj4eUrJkCFQ5uQgodDwVwJw

but be aware that it may tell you what the error is but say you have to buy the software to fix it.

[sobranie]

Fixed!!
Uninstalled & re-installed Commodo firewall. I did check Commodo' settings prior to uninstall but no blocking apparent. Call it a hunch oif you like but this isn't the 1st time I've had probs with this freebie. Anyone using any other freebie with no probs. maybe??

[Rik]

No, but most reports I've seen of Comodo have been good.

[Lance]

Glad you got it sorted! 

[Niall]

I did this a few months ago with Kaspersky when I accidentally blocked a couple of .dlls when I wasn't paying attention to an update. It took AGES to figure out what had been blocked