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frequent need to "netsh winsock reset" to restore internet connection

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after 1+/- day browsing - what appears to be a DNS loss occurs requiring "netsh winsock reset" and laptop restart to connect to websites - I have seen messages linking this failure to recent ADOBE plug-ins - any advice??? THANK YOU!!!

after 1+/- day browsing - what appears to be a DNS loss occurs requiring "netsh winsock reset" and laptop restart to connect to websites - I have seen messages linking this failure to recent ADOBE plug-ins - any advice??? THANK YOU!!!

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Perform the suggestions mentioned in the following articles:

Check and tell if its working.

per above: did not seem to work - is it possible this problem is linked to 'proxy' settings? if so - which do you suggest: "no" / "auto-detect" / "system" ? thanks for any assistance or other reports of similar problems !

Try all 3 settings and check which finally works.

Check and tell which setting works.

On Windows XP it is probably best to select the "No proxy" setting instead of the default "Use the system proxy settings".

See "Firefox connection settings":

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR KIND REPLIES - It turns out the problem was due to MCAFEE ANTI-VIRUS PLUS - it was remedied WITHOUT closing FireFox or REBOOTING by resetting Mcafee FIREWALL 'security access' which was denying internet access to FireFox and other apps for reasons unknown? Again, Thank You All for your kind efforts!