HTTP: Error 12007

athalonheadathalonhead Member
edited September 2009 in Science & Tech
I get this error when trying to go to any Microsoft web site with IE8. And Firefox wont go to microsoft also.

HTTP: Error 12007 connecting to [url]www.microsoft.com:[/url]

I did some searches on this forum and Google and it seems that it may be a registry problem.

If it is, are there any free registry cleaners that will fix the problem?

I can also fix it manually in the registry with some help.

Comments

  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited September 2009
    Try this

    Open the Command Prompt,type in

    netsh winsock reset

    press enter
  • athalonheadathalonhead Member
    edited September 2009
    Hi Ok I did that and it said I have successfully reset winsock.
    I restarted the computer and it still wont go to Microsoft update.
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited September 2009
    try running ccleaner on it to scan and clean the registry.
  • athalonheadathalonhead Member
    edited September 2009
    Ok I downloaded that program today. I will put it on my computer and run it.
    I am out of the area and wont be able to do it until tomorrow night.
    Thanks for the help so far I will post back with the results.
  • athalonheadathalonhead Member
    edited September 2009
    I ran cc cleaner on the registry. I did the scan and repair . Still no joy.
    I have also cleaned out the history on IE and Firefox. I also restored IE to default everything.

    There was a line that said something about reg cure. Which is what allot of the searches went to as a fix for the problem. So it probably did that too. I also restarted the computer after the scan and repair.

    I cant go on any Microsoft web sites even with Firefox.
    Here is what IE says about the problem

    warn HTTP: Error 12007 connecting to [url]www.microsoft.com:[/url] The server name or address could not be resolved
    warn HTTPS: Error 12007 connecting to [url]www.microsoft.com:[/url] The server name or address could not be resolved
    warn FTP (Passive): Error 12007 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
    warn HTTPS: Error 12037 connecting to [url]www.passport.net:[/url] The date in the certificate is invalid or has expired
    info HTTP: Successfully connected to www.hotmail.com.
    warn FTP (Active): Error 12007 connecting to ftp.microsoft.com: The server name or address could not be resolved
    error Could not make an HTTPS connection.
    error Could not make an FTP connection.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    It actually sounds to me like there may a problem with your ISP's DNS servers. Are you able to get to the microsoft website from any other computers using the same Internet connection?
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited September 2009
    what happens if you open up a dos prompt and do

    ping www.microsoft.com

    It shouldn't ping back, but it should resolve the name to an IP address.
  • athalonheadathalonhead Member
    edited September 2009
    Ok I used the command prompt and copy and pasted the ping microsoft.com
    It said ping request could not find www.microsoft.com please check the name and try again. Did I do something wrong?

    I don't have any other computers running at this time to try going to microsoft.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    That means, most likely, that I'm correct in thinking the DNS servers you are using are bad. If you could please open a command prompt and run the following

    ipconfig /all

    then paste the output, that might help.
  • athalonheadathalonhead Member
    edited September 2009
    Ok here are the results. Thanks again for the help so far.


    lMicrosoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
    (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

    C:\Documents and Settings\Keith>ipconfig /all

    Windows IP Configuration

    Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : supercomputer2
    Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
    Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
    IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
    WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

    PPP adapter Internet:

    Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
    Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
    Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
    Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
    IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 4.159.240.63
    Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
    Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 4.159.240.63
    DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 207.69.188.167
    207.69.188.166
    NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

    C:\Documents and Settings\Keith>
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited September 2009
    Well... I was wrong. Those DNS servers both have correct information for microsoft.com so that isn't the problem. Strange that your IP Address and default gateway are both the same IP... I don't think that should be the case. Then again, I'm not too familiar with PPP/SLIP. kryyst, you have any ideas?
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited September 2009
    Yeah it's odd, I'm not familliar with ppp/slip either. But if he's directly connected to the modem and not going through any routing then that's not weird.

    It's possible you do have a virus. Have you done any virus scans? The other possibility is your Hosts file has been changed. Go to a command prompt and type the following please

    type c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

    It should look like this:
    # Copyright (c) 1993-2009 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
#      102.54.94.97     rhino.acme.com          # source server
#       38.25.63.10     x.acme.com              # x client host

# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
#    127.0.0.1       localhost
#    ::1             localhost

    Depending on what version of windows your running those last two lines may be different.
  • athalonheadathalonhead Member
    edited September 2009
    This is what it came up with.

    Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
    (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

    C:\Documents and Settings\Keith>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
    'c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts' is not recognized as an internal or exte
    rnal command,
    operable program or batch file.

    C:\Documents and Settings\Keith>

    I did scan for viruses and there were some. Avast got all of them I hope
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited September 2009
    sorry I should have made that more clare

    type:
    type c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

    (type is the command)
  • athalonheadathalonhead Member
    edited September 2009
    I did it again typing it in and it keeps saying the same thing. I tried it several times.
    I don't think I am doing anything wrong. If I leave a space at the beginning it says it doesn't recognize the command or invalid command.


    Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
    (C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

    C:\Documents and Settings\Keith>c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
    'c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts' is not recognized as an internal or exte
    rnal command,
    operable program or batch file.

    C:\Documents and Settings\Keith>
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited September 2009
    you are typing something in wrong at the c: prompt type in everything between the {}, don't type in the {}

    {type c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts}
  • athalonheadathalonhead Member
    edited September 2009
    Ok I get it, put in type. Sorry I was a numb skull.

    Here it is. I can see someone has been on some bad sites. I am not the only one to use this computer. I hope I can get rid of them. Again thanks for the help so far.

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    C:\Documents and Settings\Keith>
  • athalonheadathalonhead Member
    edited September 2009
    The computer started restarting for no reason and then it wouldn't restart at all.
    So I gave up and I whipped the disk with seagate tools and reinstalled windows.
    With the porn and the viruses I just wanted it all off my computer.
    It goes to Microsoft update now.
    Thanks for the help
  • kryystkryyst Ontario, Canada
    edited September 2009
    Viruses would have been the next course of action. I see you are using a custom hosts file from the looks of things, which are typically fine as long as they source creating the modifications doesn't get corrupted.
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