Network

[Rick Huffman]

When I right click on my network connections and select properties it hangs,
it also hangs on the bridged connections. My main xp home box can access the
internet no problem but it has that dam inet firewall installed and my
internet connection sharing no longer works. What happened is I got a virus
on the system (nmedia and a backdoor Trojan which have been removed
successfully. The Norton removal program reset all my settings back to
default and now I cannot change any settings, it just hangs). Has anyone had
this problem and any ideas how to fix it ?

[Walter Clayton]

First, delete the bridge. Odds are that's causing you problems and >99% of
home users have no need to bridge multiple networks. Unless you actually
have a machine that is connecting multiple internal, otherwise isolated
networks together.

The only network connection connectiod I'm aware of that will hang when
selecting properties is the AOL connectiod. Are you trying to change the
properties on a standard DUN connectiod or something created by AOL, MSN or
something else with non-standard connection. Also, is this dial-up or
broadband?

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"Rick Huffman" > wrote in message
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> When I right click on my network connections and select properties it
hangs,
> it also hangs on the bridged connections. My main xp home box can access
the
> internet no problem but it has that dam inet firewall installed and my
> internet connection sharing no longer works. What happened is I got a
virus
> on the system (nmedia and a backdoor Trojan which have been removed
> successfully. The Norton removal program reset all my settings back to
> default and now I cannot change any settings, it just hangs). Has anyone
had
> this problem and any ideas how to fix it ?
>
>
>