Cannot open websites, DNS error when pinging cannot resolve name
Cannot open any websites on a PC. (other PCs on the network can access sites without an issue)Error message is "Internet Explorer cannotdisplay webpage."I can ping IP addresses (internal and external) and the gateway.Ping results in:C:\>ping www.yahoo.comPing request could not find host www.yahoo.com. Please check the name and try again.nslookup results in:C:\>nslookup www.yahoo.com*** Can't find server name for address 192.168.0.1: Non-existent domain*** Default servers are not availableServer: UnKnownAddress: 192.168.0.1 Non-authoritative answer:Name: www-real.wa1.b.yahoo.comAddress: 69.147.76.15Aliases: www.yahoo.com, www.wa1.b.yahoo.compathping results in:C:\>pathping www.yahoo.comUnable to resolve target system name www.yahoo.com.The problem occurs on a wireless and wired connction. Resetting TCP/IP settings via netsh int ip reset c:\ressetlog.txt results in the following error in the log file:reset Linkage\UpperBind for USB\VID_0B05&PID_1723\5&2461925A&0&5. bad value was: REG_MULTI_SZ = SymIMThere are a total of 9 errors in the log file similar to the one above. The host file has only 127.0.0.1 in it.Clearing the arg cache, flushing the DNS and doing a repair on the network connection does not resolve the issue.Installing a new network device does not resolve the issue.I have also removed all antivirus and security software including firewalls.Windows firewall is disabled.Booting to safemode with networking does not resolve the issue.Running Winsockfix does not resolve the issue.Internet Explorer 8 (Reset web settings has been done)Windows XP Media Center with SP3Running IE Diagnostics results in an Error 12007 The server name or address could not be resolved.Getting to the end of the line....Any other ideas?Thanks,Larry1 person got this answerI do too
December 7th, 2009 6:11am

Greetings. Today I had not less that by 99% the same situation. What I had: 1) the ADSL modem to the ISP. Functioned 100% ok. 2) D-Link Wireless router 3) PC. The owner told me that after low-battery shutdown now there is no connection to the network. I reset the router but the symptoms were the same: PC with cable wotked okay (but I had to turn off firewall). Wireless connection pinged everything by IP but did not resolve names. What I did? 1) ipconfig /flushdns 2) ipconfig /registerdns That did not help. I don't know whether this is a part of solution or not. 3) Ran the magic command: "netsh winsock reset catalog" 4) Restarted the PC. After the restart it became even worse, because nothing worked. 5) I turned off and on the router and - voila! - it worked again. Hope this will be helpful for you. --- Paul Svirin StarWind Software developer ( http://www.starwindsoftware.com )
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December 17th, 2009 2:49am

Sorry about the late reply in this, but I did not have access to the MS website for a couple months.I did try your suggestions, they did not work.The resolution was to do a repair of the OS off of the CD. That cleared up the problem.Thanks,Larry
February 26th, 2010 6:09am

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