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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
I am trying to use my laptop at a relative's house. I can establish a connection to the router, over which other machines (like the one I am now on) can use the internet, but my machine's browser cannot retrieve material from the internet. A couple of times, briefly, just after re-establishing the connection with the wireless network, I can retrieve some of a page, but then it stops working. This makes me think that the problem is a setting on my laptop. I'm using XP. My Windows and McAfee firewalls are turned off. I'm running out of other ideas. My sanity over the next few days probably depends on the combination of internet access and alcohol. Help me if you can....
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I had this problem this summer whilst on vacation in the south of France, and can offer one peace of advice, do not, as a remedial measure, take hold of the laptop screen from the top with both hands and slam it shut as hard as you can. Apparently, that does not fix the problem and actually could cause additional complications.
Word to the wise........also, eitherwhichway, drink heavily, although try to spring for at least something in a screw top-it's the holidaes.
