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Re: Warning! 'shell://' with win98 causes endless problems
From: nine () 14X NET (nine)
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 14:00:38 -0400
I tested this on Windows 98 SE, which in my case was running on a small lan, with all packets going through a NetBSD gateway. After typing shell://, I get the "Page Cannot be Displayed" (obviously), and as Alex Schuetz said, about 30 minutes later, a reboot was needed because I could not access the outside. It still does this about every half hour, even after reboot. Just a confirmation. Erik Tayler 14x Network Security http://www.14x.net On Sat, 3 Jun 2000, Alex Schuetz wrote:
Dear people, I just dipped deeper into the "shell://" problem using _Windows98_ instead of WinNt/2k. For me, it causes endless problems. After exactly 30 minutes of operation, Win98 started to block every TCPIP packet, every ping from my host resulted in an immediate "Error 10050" (whatever that is). No packet goes in or out alive. Trying to reproduce the error sooner by pushing forward the local time (DOS command.com box, "time" command) after rebooting didn't help to make the error occur "sooner". Since I tried out the "shell://" pattern the first time, now I'll have to pray every 30 minutes that the @#! computer will please,please keep sending/receiving my internet packets. Oh, shit.... I also found out there were some remains in the (run/runonce/runonceEX) registry from a firewall called ZoneAlarm. Maybe the bug somehow triggered these remains to block everything every 30 minutes. It's just a theory. But I'll keep you up to date as soon as I find out more. Comments welcome. Dazed and confused, Alex
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- Re: Win 2000 & IE 'shell://' problem? Stephen John (Jun 02)
- Warning! 'shell://' with win98 causes endless problems Alex Schuetz (Jun 03)
- Re: Warning! 'shell://' with win98 causes endless problems nine (Jun 03)
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