Media Player And Connection Issues.

[mumof4]

Ok..second time of trying to post this...first time the page froze and i cant close it not even via task manager!

 

My problem.

 

I connect to the internet..all fine.open media player..all fine..play media player all fine..got to change page on i.e...connection drops.Happens every time.Basically i cannot listen to media player and browse the net..its either or.

When the connection drops i can only tell it has as my skpye status shows as connecting and windows msn shows me as not signed in.Any web page i try and load shows cannot find server..yet my connection status shows as connected.

The only way i can reconnect is to reboot.Shutting down media player and trying to reconnect does not work.It has to be rebooted

 

What has been done.

 

I have updated media player from 10 to 11 and updated 11 from the microsoft website.

I have updated everything that needed updating from the microsoft website.

I have scanned with AVG/spybot search and destroy/windows defender/adaware..nothing picked up.

I have used the blaster worm removal tool and nothing was found.

I have done restores back to jan..the prob is still there.

 

I went into system log and found this in system after following the link..(bear with me as it is long)

Details

Product: Windows Operating System

ID: 4226

Source: Tcpip

Version: 5.2

Symbolic Name: EVENT_TCPIP_TCP_CONNECT_LIMIT_REACHED

Message: TCP/IP has reached the security limit imposed on the number of concurrent (incomplete) TCP connect attempts.

 

Explanation

The TCP/IP stack in Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2) installed limits the number of concurrent, incomplete outbound TCP connection attempts. When the limit is reached, subsequent connection attempts are put in a queue and resolved at a fixed rate so that there are only a limited number of connections in the incomplete state. During normal operation, when programs are connecting to available hosts at valid IP addresses, no limit is imposed on the number of connections in the incomplete state. When the number of incomplete connections exceeds the limit, for example, as a result of programs connecting to IP addresses that are not valid, connection-rate limitations are invoked, and this event is logged.

 

Establishing connection

[mumof4]

OK..after rebooting yet again...one thing i forgot to add......the left hand light on the adsl modem flashes red slowly when the connection drops.Had a looksie on tiscali help and i couldnt see a pic of a flashing red light .

[mumof4]

Doing a search on the net and came across this....would i need to do this??

 

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357

[Smilge]

Are you sure it's the ASDL light flashing and not the USB light. If it is the USB light then you may need to re-install the modem drivers. If it isn't then sounds like an ISP problem with the line. Try disconnecting everything attached to the phone line, without the splitter, and connect the modem directly and see if that makes a difference.

[Smilge]

Doing a search on the net and came across this....would i need to do this??

 

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357

 

I can't see any problems with doing this so give it a go .....the error you received could be resolved using this ...... I think... :rolleyes:

[mumof4]

its the USB light that flashes red...didnt realise there was writing on the modem saying which light was which!.

 

Does that mean it is the modem at fault??..as i have a spare new adsl modem.If i tried that could it work?

[Smilge]

Have a go.....dont forget to remove the device driver first and re-install the other modem.

[mumof4]

Ok...which i take to mean i have to uninstall tiscali and reinstall it as i cant just swap the modems over??..wont they both use the same drivers?

[Smilge]

Ok...which i take to mean i have to uninstall tiscali and reinstall it as i cant just swap the modems over??..wont they both use the same drivers?

 

Yep but the drivers may be the problem. Best to do a fresh install to make sure.

[mumof4]

Ok..will give it a go.....back soon i hope!

 

Thanks Bleeno for the help.

[mumof4]

After uninstalling and reinstalling tiscali, i can now play music and browse!..thanks Chris.Very much appreciated!..need my music to write. ..so it was the modem all along me thinks.

 

Only prob i have now...is that somewhere along the line my DVD rom drive has stopped working! :rolleyes: :16:

[Smilge]

Glad to be of service mum ........ a quick reboot may solve the DVD drive problem.

[mumof4]

Hope so..will do it later..i want to stay connected for longer than 10 mins this time :rolleyes:

[mumof4]

DVD rom drive after rebooting plays dvds but no music discs..plus all my drives have now been assigned different letters..my F is now E and E is now F..very odd.

[mumof4]

Now ive been pondering over all this..yep the probs sorted, but why did it happen??..why did the errors i get when it would disconnect point to a virus or something? and why would i have pages freezing on me and not shutting down in task manager?..Surely that couldnt have been modem related could it?

[Smilge]

Yep ......what you had was 10010101100111000101001001000101 ........ you should have had 100100100100100010010010010001001001001001. Easy as that! :unsure:

[mumof4]

Ahhhh............understand now....daft me :16: :16: A flippin engine is easier to understand than this thing...can see what im doing under a bonnet. :unsure: