Microsoft KB Archive/153685

= FP: FrontPage Appears to Hang When Using Dial-Up-Adapter =

Article ID: 153685

Article Last Modified on 10/7/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft FrontPage 97 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft FrontPage 1.1 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q153685



For a Microsoft FrontPage 98 version of this article, see 194237.



SYMPTOMS
If you use a Dial-Up-Adapter to connect to the Internet and you are not currently connected, your computer may appear to hang (stop responding) when you use FrontPage Explorer or FrontPage TCP/IP Test.



CAUSE
If you are using DNS for name resolution, any call to the TCP/IP stack attempts to resolve to an IP address. If you are not connected to your Internet service provider, the DNS server available is not available. The computer attempts to wait until a DNS server replies.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, follow these steps:

 Find the Hosts file (located in the C:\Windows\ folder). If it does not exist, rename Hosts.sam to Hosts. Open the Hosts file in a text editor (such as Notepad), and add the following line to the end of the file

127.0.0.1

where is the Fully Qualified Domain Name as specified on the DNS Configuration tab of the TCP/IP Properties tab (double-click the Network icon in Windows Control Panel). For example, if the Host is named Example and the Domain is called Microsoft.com, add the following line to the Hosts file:

127.0.0.1 example.microsoft.com



Additional query words: Front Page lock up freeze crash

Keywords: kbnetwork kbprb KB153685

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