Win2k networking oddity

Fyron · #1 May 27th, 2005, 07:39 PM

Anybody know why win2k would refuse to allow any traffic with the LAN beyond pings and tracrets for a non-admin user? If I log in as administrator, everything works fine. As a regular user, I can ping and tracert to google.com, yahoo.com, etc., but I can not visit anything in a browser, connect with IM clients, etc. I can't even get to router or modem config pages, nothing on the LAN at all.

Thermodyne · #2 May 27th, 2005, 11:25 PM

Stand alone? Or domain member? If stand alone, was it ever a domain member or a client on a managed network?

Sounds like a proxy or gp issue, but it depends on what may have been done to it in the past. If it is a domain system, then YMBF. Also, it could be a DNS issue. UnkyS's boys have been doing some simms the last day or so. Try pinging your DNS servers, and perhaps add some of the big public servers to your list.

Atrocities · #3 May 27th, 2005, 11:53 PM

I ran into this problem a while back. I recall posting about it and receiving a lot of advice. I was never able to fix it. I think it had to do with a recent MS update in my case that made, or rather as a side effect, caused changes thus causing my problem.

MS has been doing some strange things lately. Perhaps it is something they are now doing. Have you updated recently?

TurinTurambar · #4 May 28th, 2005, 02:01 AM

The last update I did for WinME (yeah I know, shut up...) completely screwed my system. I had to uninstall it to get my display drivers working f.f.s.

~T~

Fyron · #5 May 28th, 2005, 02:30 AM

Never has been part of a domain. What is a "managed network?"

I have no idea what my DNS servers would be. Know what SBC uses? If it is a DNS problem, why would it only be a problem in regular user mode and not admin? Also, if it were DNS related, I should still be able to visit network locations, such as router config via IP address, right?

There have been no updates to the computer in at least a month.

Thermodyne · #6 May 28th, 2005, 03:00 AM

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Imperator Fyron said:
Never has been part of a domain. What is a "managed network?"

I have no idea what my DNS servers would be. Know what SBC uses? If it is a DNS problem, why would it only be a problem in regular user mode and not admin? Also, if it were DNS related, I should still be able to visit network locations, such as router config via IP address, right?

There have been no updates to the computer in at least a month.

Managed network is a network that requires specific hard coded proxy settings and may apply gp settings to the system to control access. Used to be the big thing in some universities that were anti MS/ADDS.

DNS cache could have issues related to user accounts.

Log on as local admin
Run a SET from the console then an IPCONFIG /ALL then IPCONFIG /DISPLAYDNS PM me the results. (all have a space before the /)

Then type IPCONFIG /FLUSHDNS, now try it with both accounts.

As to your ISP�s DNS servers, I don�t have a clue. Email them. For now, bind these.
68.15.165.12
63.226.12.96
64.151.103.120
216.87.84.209

Try both accounts again.

Don�t worry if I don�t get right back to you right away. AM here I�m sitting with a hose in my arm, rest of the time I home, have yet to find out when I�ll be sleeping ;( but doubt it will happen tonight. At any rate, I will get back to you, promise

Thermodyne · #7 May 28th, 2005, 03:06 AM

PS: just for grins, turn off the fire wall if you are running one. Then see what you can ping.

Fyron · #8 May 28th, 2005, 04:14 AM

There is too much to capture in the ipconfig /displaydns output. Any way I can get it to dump to a file, some DOS equivalent to > operator?