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For no discernable reason my PC has been acting very strangely over the past 24 hours. General surfing of websites works as normal, but a few glaring errors have appeared that are extremely irritating.
When I check my e-mail (fastmail.fm account) I can log-in, read any old or new messages in my inbox and I can download attachments. However, what I CAN’T do is view any folders other than the inbox or send any mail. I get a “Cannot find server” error with both of these, even though I plainly still have access to the server because I can read mail and download attachments.
This identical problem occurs in both IE and Opera.
A similar problem happens with Hotmail.
Using Opera I can get onto the front page, but when I click to login it never makes it to the Inbox. It just gets stuck loading for a while before timing out.
Using IE I can view the Inbox, but if I try and open any e-mails in the parent window the page gets stuck loading before timing out. However, if I shift-click and try to open an e-mail in a new window it works fine. Weird.
I am also unable to make any posts on any forum, although I can login and view threads as normal. This isn’t related to ‘poly’s server glitches because it also happens at CGN, which runs fast and reliably.
This too happens both in Opera and IE.
The problem isn’t related to the individual websites involved, because I’ve also tested it on my parent’s PC (IE) and my work machine (Opera and IE) and everything works perfectly on those. I'm at work now, btw.
OS = XP Home
I haven’t done anything unusual to the computer over the past 24 hours such as installing/uninstalling weird programs or messing around with the settings. My brother also has access to it, though, and I don’t know if he’s done anything.
I’ve run Adaware, SpybotSD and an AVG virus scan – no problems found on any of them.
What’s going on?
When I check my e-mail (fastmail.fm account) I can log-in, read any old or new messages in my inbox and I can download attachments. However, what I CAN’T do is view any folders other than the inbox or send any mail. I get a “Cannot find server” error with both of these, even though I plainly still have access to the server because I can read mail and download attachments.
This identical problem occurs in both IE and Opera.
A similar problem happens with Hotmail.
Using Opera I can get onto the front page, but when I click to login it never makes it to the Inbox. It just gets stuck loading for a while before timing out.
Using IE I can view the Inbox, but if I try and open any e-mails in the parent window the page gets stuck loading before timing out. However, if I shift-click and try to open an e-mail in a new window it works fine. Weird.
I am also unable to make any posts on any forum, although I can login and view threads as normal. This isn’t related to ‘poly’s server glitches because it also happens at CGN, which runs fast and reliably.
This too happens both in Opera and IE.
The problem isn’t related to the individual websites involved, because I’ve also tested it on my parent’s PC (IE) and my work machine (Opera and IE) and everything works perfectly on those. I'm at work now, btw.
OS = XP Home
I haven’t done anything unusual to the computer over the past 24 hours such as installing/uninstalling weird programs or messing around with the settings. My brother also has access to it, though, and I don’t know if he’s done anything.
I’ve run Adaware, SpybotSD and an AVG virus scan – no problems found on any of them.
What’s going on?
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