Re: "connection timed out" problem

Skywise <into@oblivion.nothing.com> wrote in
news:122tth42j2ijv1c@corp.supernews.com:

> ibuprofin@painkiller.example.tld (Moe Trin) wrote in
> news:slrne2t9fj.16o.ibuprofin@compton.phx.az.us:
>
> <Snipola of excellent info>
>
>>>I thought it might be my firewall (Kerio 4.0). I reluctantly
>>>disabled it for a minute and still had the problem.
>>
>> None the less, that's probably the problem.
>>
>>>I've even looked around the registry but nothing obvious seemed
>>>to pop up.
>>
>> I don't do windoze. However, are you also using some OTHER
>> anti-malware such as anti-trojans, anti-spyware, etc - all the extra
>> crap I don't need to worry about?
>
> No. The most I ever do is firewall and A/V. And right now, the
> A/V is gone.
>
> I've used this firewall on other machines with no problem. Being
> on a new machine there's not many rules setup yet. I've looked
> aroudn in it's settings but didn't notice anything that might do
> this.
>
> I suppose it could just be a flakey install, to which reinstalling
> may fix.

OK...uninstalled the firewall and went online. Still had the same
problems.

I'm really thinking there's some sort of "system level" problem.
Something in Windows' networking settings. Oh, and in case it
wasn't clear before, this is a dial up connection.

Brian

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