Strange Internet Problem

Odysseus145 · Aug 9, 2007

Ever since I upgraded to an X2 processor, my computer's internet has been acting strange. Pages will load incorrectly or they won't load at all. Sometimes I get weird error messages that I've never seen before like:

Not Found
The requested URL /weather/local/USLA0385 was not found on this server.
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Apache/1.3.29 Server at www.amdzone.com Port 80

or

function loadlink(page,premium) {
window.location = "http://www.weather.com/multime...opup/detect.html?page=" + escape(page) + "&premium=" + escape(premium);
}

These problems occur both in Firefox and IE. I've also switched from the nforce4 controller to the marvell and it made no difference. I'm reluctant to do a repair install of windows, because I dual boot with Ubuntu and I don't want to mess that up.

Odysseus145 · Aug 9, 2007

I also get

Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)

at dailytech and anandtech sometimes

btcomm1 · Aug 9, 2007

Did these problems start immediately after you upgraded the CPU or was there maybe a day before it started? You could try a system restore back to when it was working fine.

Odysseus145 · Aug 9, 2007

Well, I did a system restore and everything seems fine now. I'm still curious what happened though.

Odysseus145 · Aug 16, 2007

Ok, nevermind. It's still happening. Sometimes it looks like it tries to find something on the current site that was on the previous site. I clicked to go to amdzone.com from weather.com but I got an error page that said

"Not Found
The requested URL /weather/local/USLA0385 was not found on this server.
________________________________________
Apache/1.3.29 Server at www.amdzone.com Port 80"

Why would it be doing that?

Also when I tried post this reply it gave me an error saying "Bad Request (Invalid Verb)"

bwatson283 · Aug 16, 2007

clean the registry and flush the DNS

Odysseus145 · Aug 16, 2007

Thanks, but it didn't help. I'm almost at the point where I'd pay someone to fix it.

dclive · Aug 16, 2007

Originally posted by: Odysseus145
Thanks, but it didn't help. I'm almost at the point where I'd pay someone to fix it.

And if you attach another PC to your network, it has no problems?

Odysseus145 · Aug 16, 2007

No it's just mine. There are four other computers connected and they work fine.

dclive · Aug 16, 2007

What AV and anti-malware applications are you using?

Run MPSReports and send me the output computername.cab file.

Odysseus145 · Aug 16, 2007

I sent it. I have Ad Aware and AVG

dclive · Aug 16, 2007

You have almost no hotfixes on your system. Go to update.microsoft.com and put them all on there. Report back and let us know if you still have any issues.

Edit: Ah, found them. Please confirm you're not offered any updates on u.m.c.

Also, if you log in under another user account, can you repro all these problems?

What about in safe mode with networking? Still?

dclive · Aug 17, 2007

8/12/2007 5:08:58 PM 1 0 30013 ipnathlp N/A -1898628C The DHCP allocator has disabled itself on IP address 192.168.1.104, since the IP address is outside the 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 scope from which addresses are being allocated to DHCP clients. To enable the DHCP allocator on this IP address, please change the scope to include the IP address, or change the IP address to fall within the scope.
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What's your IP, and what's the IP of machines that work, including subnet mask and router/gateway info?

Odysseus145 · Aug 17, 2007

That's actually another problem itself. The updates will automatically download but will not install.

Odysseus145 · Aug 17, 2007

I'm not sure what you're asking here. My current ip address is 192.168.1.100, and the router (linksys wrt54g if that helps) starts issuing at 192.168.1.100.

The machines that work are from 192.168.1.101 to ...192.168.1.104. Subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 and gateway is 192.168.1.1. This is the same for every computer.

dclive · Aug 17, 2007

Originally posted by: Odysseus145
That's actually another problem itself. The updates will automatically download but will not install.

You might've mentioned that.

What other issues are you having?

What happens when the update process fails? If you do an update, watch it fail, go into C:\windows, sort by date, and there should be a few error logfiles just created - what do you see in them?

dclive · Aug 17, 2007

...and can you answer my other q's pls?

Odysseus145 · Aug 17, 2007

I tried using a different account but it wasn't any better.

Odysseus145 · Aug 17, 2007

Does this help at all? It's from windowsupdate.log

2007-08-17 00:36:51:218 1580 db4 Agent * Found 94 updates and 27 categories in search; evaluated appl. rules of 741 out of 1157 deployed entities
2007-08-17 00:36:51:218 1580 db4 Agent *********
2007-08-17 00:36:51:234 1580 db4 Agent ** END ** Agent: Finding updates [CallerId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-08-17 00:36:51:234 1580 db4 Agent *************
2007-08-17 00:36:51:234 1580 db4 Report REPORT EVENT: {309BC18D-A7C7-4C41-A72F-88D37DAB24CB} 2007-08-17 00:36:17:125-0500 1 147 101 {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000} 0 0 MicrosoftUpdate Success Software Synchronization Windows Update Client successfully detected 0 updates.
2007-08-17 00:36:51:250 1236 74c COMAPI >>-- RESUMED -- COMAPI: Search [ClientId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-08-17 00:36:51:296 1236 74c COMAPI - Updates found = 94
2007-08-17 00:36:51:296 1236 74c COMAPI ---------
2007-08-17 00:36:51:296 1236 74c COMAPI -- END -- COMAPI: Search [ClientId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-08-17 00:36:51:296 1236 74c COMAPI -------------
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1236 63c COMAPI -------------
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1236 63c COMAPI -- START -- COMAPI: Install [ClientId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1236 63c COMAPI ---------
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1236 63c COMAPI - Allow source prompts: Yes; Forced: No; Force quiet: No
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1236 63c COMAPI - Updates in request: 1
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1236 63c COMAPI - ServiceID = {7971F918-A847-4430-9279-4A52D1EFE18D}
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1236 63c COMAPI - Updates to install = 1
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1236 63c COMAPI <<-- SUBMITTED -- COMAPI: Install [ClientId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1580 4ec Agent *************
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1580 4ec Agent ** START ** Agent: Installing updates [CallerId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1580 4ec Agent *********
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1580 4ec Agent * Updates to install = 1
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1580 4ec Agent * Title = Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1580 4ec Agent * UpdateId = {AC24C13F-5FEF-4A69-A2CF-3B9E3DDE08D9}.100
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1580 4ec Agent * Bundles 1 updates:
2007-08-17 00:36:55:015 1580 4ec Agent * {95354275-8A0C-41F3-A884-B892498D05AF}.100
2007-08-17 00:37:31:125 1580 4ec Handler Attempting to create remote handler process as JUSTIN-1898628C\Uriel in session 0
2007-08-17 00:37:31:359 588 284 Misc =========== Logging initialized (build: 7.0.6000.374, tz: -0500) ===========
2007-08-17 00:37:31:359 588 284 Misc = Process: C:\WINDOWS\system32\wuauclt.exe
2007-08-17 00:37:31:359 588 284 AUClnt FATAL: Error: 0x80004002. wuauclt handler: failed to spawn COM server
2007-08-17 00:37:31:468 1580 4ec Handler FATAL: 0x80004002: ERROR: Remote update handler container process created (PID: 588), but exited before signaling event
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1580 4ec Agent * WARNING: Exit code = 0x80004002
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1580 4ec Agent *********
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1580 4ec Agent ** END ** Agent: Installing updates [CallerId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1580 4ec Agent *************
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1580 4ec Agent WARNING: WU client failed installing updates with error 0x80004002
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1236 dec COMAPI >>-- RESUMED -- COMAPI: Install [ClientId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1236 dec COMAPI - Install call failed
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1236 dec COMAPI - Reboot required = No
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1236 dec COMAPI - WARNING: Exit code = 0x80240FFF; Call error code = 0x80004002
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1236 dec COMAPI ---------
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1236 dec COMAPI -- END -- COMAPI: Install [ClientId = MicrosoftUpdate]
2007-08-17 00:37:31:937 1236 dec COMAPI -------------
2007-08-17 00:37:32:687 1236 63c COMAPI WARNING: Operation failed due to earlier error, hr=80004002

Odysseus145 · Aug 17, 2007

I'm having no network errors in safe mode.

Odysseus145 · Aug 17, 2007

Thanks for your help btw. If nothing else I can just reinstall windows.

dclive · Aug 17, 2007

Simply googling your "failed to spawn..." error found this: http://www.wsus.info/forums/lo...n/index.php?t6026.html Do that and let us know what happens.

Odysseus145 · Aug 17, 2007

Thanks, that fixed the update problem.

dclive · Aug 17, 2007

Update your Windows updates to all the latest hotfixes and such. Can you now reproduce the issue? If so, you're running something in normal mode (and not safe mode) that's causing this problem. Immediate things to try include:
1. Remove third-party firewalls; as long as you're behind a router anyway it's typically not required
2. Remove third-party malware tools and switch to Windows Defender.
3. Remove third-party antivirus software, but only for the length of time required to validate the problem, then reinstall it.

Bear in mind msconfig can handle most of this for you, quickly, without having to uninstall/reinstall, as a quick test. It's not the perfect test, but it is good for a quick test.

dclive · Aug 17, 2007

You can check my web pages for a quick summary of how to use msconfig.

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