W2K Freezes Only While ON-Line

[yohann]

I have reformated the hard drive and reinstalled W2K and installed Update #2 but not #3 and Still ahve the same freezing problem.

I dual boot with windows 98SE and W2K. It only freezes while in W2K and only while I am connected to the internet.
I downloaded all the Microsoft Updates and installed them.

While troubleshooting, I would remove one program at a time to try to find an offending program, but no luck.

It happens very randomally maybe 5 minutes after I log on or 2 hours after I log on. No pattern, no specific web sites cause it. I have logged my activity and there is no pattern whatsoever.

I am thinking now it may be some setting in TCP-IP. But I don't know enough to track it down.

Can anyone tell what I maight try to change in TCP-IP or other network settings to change or Com port sittings.

I have a IBM Thinkpad 2621-460 and Windows 98SE works flawslessly.

John John Farrow
Cloudcroft, New Mexico

 

[Smily1]

I had the iddentical issue with my pc, it would sometimes freeze as i logged on, maybe only after a few hours, it was always random, so i refformatted, reinstalled 2000 and logged on to the net, without installing any applications. everything worked fine, i have now reinstalled all my software with no problems and my internet connection is still running steady after 38Hrs.

Good luck
SMILY1

 

[imatthec]

Have you checked the event viewer for any error messages you may be getting?

 

[yohann]

Have checked the Event Viewer. It doesn't show anything about the freeze. Since it only occurs when online (with either IE6 or Netscape), I think it has something to do with the Com port or a TCP-IP setting. Maybe a network setting of some sort. It sure is frustrating.

John John Farrow
Cloudcroft, New Mexico