How can I tell what internet activity is happening on my machine?

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Leo love the tip, but was just wondering how I could get the ms-dos window to 'freeze' long enough that I can actually see it, it just blinks by real fast. What does one need to add to the ipconfig string entered in Run command to get it to pause?

Open a command prompt by either Start->Programs->Accessories->Command Prompt. OR Start->Run and then "cmd". Now that you have an open command prompt enter the command you want to execute. If the information scrolls off the top of the command prompt, add "| more" to the command - for example "netstat | more". The "more" program pages the output one screen at a time.

Leo

I keep getting an error message,"The operating system is not presently configured to run this application". I close the messagebox and the next one keeps pops up. I uninstalled some program from Add/Remove programs.
What is the fix?

Hard to say. Is that *all* the message says? No clue as to the name of what it's trying to run? At this point the symptoms you describe are general enough that it could be a virus or spyware or something else. I'd certainly scan for viruses and spyware and see if that doesn't resolve the problem.

Leo

Excellent web site.. I feel I learnt a lot of stuff from you.
I have a question regarding this one. When I say netstat, I get all the ACTIVE CONNECTIONS.
They are either in the state of ESTABLISHED/CLOSE_WAIT.
Is there any way to close some of those connections.
Thx for your answer in advance

Actually tcpview, mentioned in the article, seems to have this ability. Right click on one of the connections is shows, and one of the options it "close". FWIW, most of the CLOSE_WAIT should close of their own accord over time.

Enjoy,

Leo

Hi
I have windows XP Home Edition running on Dell Dimension 4600 at home, i try to connect to Remote Desktop (Dell Optiplex with Windows XP professional) at work using Remote Desktop Connection, I am able to connect to the remote desktop, see the desktop window but the window is in a frozen state. i can't do anything how can i fix this ? please help me.

thanks
frustrated

I keep recieving an error on my other IP protocol not recognize i connect to internet and in minute it goes off,please help!

Sorry, but I don't understand your question.

Leo, I've got explorer opening A LOT of connections to my own machine 0:0:0:0 and many others. Liek on the order of 300 connections.
I'm sure this is a new virus, but no online checkers are able to snag it, and my own Freedom Virus Scanner hasn't caught it.
Any suggestions?
Thanks Andru

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