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I have an Acer Aspire One netbook (A0531h) that cannot access (or even ping) microsoft.com. I can access (and ping) any other site just fine. I just re-installed Windows XP Pro 5 mins ago (second time) so I know it's not infected with anything.
Ping request could not find host microsoft.com
It is using an Atheros AR5007EG wireless card.
What could be causing this?
Are you using the same name server for both computers which reach microsoft.com and the XP machine which can not reach it? Did you double check that the cleanly installed windows is not infected? (Read: It is probably fine if you did this at home. At uni reinstalling mostly resulted in an infected laptop before you finished downloading windows updates). – Hennes – 2012-09-18T19:25:46.287
Yes, both computers are on the same router with DHCP. I have a home copy of XP and I've used it on other machines just fine. – Xeoncross – 2012-09-18T19:32:33.687