Search the root directory for an errant win.com and delete it. See:
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q162/8/11.asp
for reference. We ran into this once long ago. Seems a win.com file in
the root blows up DNS and address resolution when using the MS TCP/IP stack.
At 02:55 PM 2/3/99 , System Support wrote:
<snip>
>Pinging the DNS servers works. For some reason it just doesn't
>want to work doing DNS look-ups anymore. Anybody run into this? I've tried
>everything aside from reinstalling Windows. This is a business client, so I
>was called into the office to try to get this to work. After spending three
>hours there, nothing seems to work. Any helpful hints would greatly be
>appreciated.
--Doug Chapman Network Administrator Stayton Cooperative Tel. Co. Willamette Valley Internet, LLC
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