hey everybody. i am new to this forum, but from what i see here, it looks awesome.

i am having internet problems. yesterday my computer was in the "hibernate" state and when i put it on, i got BSOD. since then fortunately i have not had BSOD again but the problem is i have lost my internet connection since then.
net connection itself is working fine. i use broadband connection and i have windows xp, 512 RAM, dell P4 pc.
actually what happens is when i try to go to a webpage in any browser(i have tried - explorer, firefox, aol etc.) what i get is "detecting proxy settings" and it stays that way without showing the webpage. plz help.
also, another wierd thing is that since a week ago, whenever i start my pc, i have been getting a dialogue box for installing the software for some "patin couffin-VSO" device. i dont know what the hell it is.

also as a reference, i would like to notify that around 2 months back i was experiencing NT-Authority shutdown and recurring BSODs. but i repaired that problem using tools like rustbfix and combofix, as was given in another thread in this forum.
my whole pc(not just internet) was down for a whole week then.

so plz help. i am going nuts over this. iwould be very grateful.
thanx.

patin couffin-VSO is a cd/dvd burning software if u can recreate or get the error msg from your BSOD then i can really help you and exactly what msg came up in your browsers?

This might be a stupid question but do you know if you need to setup a proxy to be able to browse the net? Are you behind firewall?

*chamillitarysk8*

hi, the BSOD had stop error x000008. so, is it related to the problem in any way.
thanx.

*stallions*
hi, no actually proxy setup seems to be fine. i can say this b'cos internet works fine in safe mode but not in "normal"mode. the problem as i can gather is with the recieving of the data as in my "network connection (control panel)" in the normal mode. there isn't any or its very slow.


thanx.