I have been trying unsuccessfully to solve a problem for several weeks. I encounter “The page cannot be displayed … Cannot find server or DNS Error Internet Explorer “ during nearly every session in which I access the internet. I connect using a USR Sportster 005686-03 modem. I usually connect between 45 and 49 Kbps and the connection is rarely dropped. After booting and connecting to my ISP I am always able to access web sites but after several minutes of accessing various sites without difficulty, the “The page cannot be displayed … “ error will occur and I am then unable to continue until I reboot and reconnect. Simply breaking the connection to the ISP and reconnecting doesn’t have any corrective effect. Occurrence seems to be tied more to the number of web addresses accessed than to the amount of time spent on-line. I use IE 6 - version 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_xp2_gdr.050301-1519. OS is WIN XP Home SP2. I’ve reformatted and reinstalled the OS and applications. All patches are current. Drivers are WinXP native except motherboad and video drivers. I’ve tried running “netsh winsock reset” from the command line. I regularly run “cleanmgr /sagerun:50” from the command line. I’ve tried deleting temporary internet files during sessions. Also I’ve limited the cache size for temporary internet files to 50 Mb and set it to dump automatically. I run Spybot S&D daily to try to make sure “stuff phoning home” isn’t the problem. I have not loaded antivirus or firewall software on this installation (I thought they might be part of the problem, but there doesn’t seem to be any difference between my system set up with or without them.) Nothing I’ve done seems to help. I’m thinking there must be a systematic way to approach solving this. Any thoughts on how to approach fixing this are appreciated.
Hardware: Mainboard: Giga-byte RZ series 7VT600P-RZ;VIA KT600 chipset; Award Modular Bios v6.00PG; 7VT600-P-RZ
Memory: 512 MB Kingston ValURam (Memory is 2 sticks of 256 each (matched)) 2.6v
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2700+ (2.17 Ghz)
Video Display Adapter: (Powergene) GeForce Nvidia GeForce 2 MxMx 400 32 MB RAM
Hard Drive: On IDE1 as Master: Seagate ST3120026A Barrracuda Hard Drive. 120GB 8MB ATA100 7200 RPM
On IDE1 as Slave: Western Digital Caviar Enhanced IDE drive; Drive parameters LBA 39102336 20.0 GB
On IDE2 as Master: Philips CRDW 2400 Series CDRW
On IDE2 as Slave: Iomega Zip 100 drive
Power Supply: ANTEC Model No: PP-403X 400W ATX
Additional Peripheral Hardware: Western Digital Essential USB 2.0 80 GB external hard drive Model Number: WD800B014
Hardware: Mainboard: Giga-byte RZ series 7VT600P-RZ;VIA KT600 chipset; Award Modular Bios v6.00PG; 7VT600-P-RZ
Memory: 512 MB Kingston ValURam (Memory is 2 sticks of 256 each (matched)) 2.6v
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2700+ (2.17 Ghz)
Video Display Adapter: (Powergene) GeForce Nvidia GeForce 2 MxMx 400 32 MB RAM
Hard Drive: On IDE1 as Master: Seagate ST3120026A Barrracuda Hard Drive. 120GB 8MB ATA100 7200 RPM
On IDE1 as Slave: Western Digital Caviar Enhanced IDE drive; Drive parameters LBA 39102336 20.0 GB
On IDE2 as Master: Philips CRDW 2400 Series CDRW
On IDE2 as Slave: Iomega Zip 100 drive
Power Supply: ANTEC Model No: PP-403X 400W ATX
Additional Peripheral Hardware: Western Digital Essential USB 2.0 80 GB external hard drive Model Number: WD800B014