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VCheck Problem

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Question:

I'm having problems accessing the internet from inside Winbatch, i.e. probably WinInet.

I've just set up a new computer and installed Windows XP. I can connect to the internet through my ADSL wireless network Gateway. The Gateway box contains its own firewall facility. I've turned off the Internet Connection Firewall in Windows XP. Internet Explorer is working without problems. Other programs such as Netscape and Outlook Express have installed and work OK.

I've installed Winbatch, WinInet and Zipper. I've tried to run Vcheck and I get the following prompts: 

  "This script requires a connection to the internet." (i.e. it doesn't find one)
  Please enter the name of your proxy server.
I don't have a proxy server and in vcheck.txt it says: 
  4) If you have to negotiate a firewall, your copy of MSIE should
     be set up to automatically negotiate the firewall.
Well, my MSIE does negotiate the firewall in the Gateway.

Also, I had the same wireless Gateway with my old copy of Windows 98SE. I don't remember there being a similar problem with that set-up.

As I'm completely new to Windows XP I should be very grateful if you can point me in the right direction.

Background:

This is a new install of VCheck.

Running vcheck.wbt creates the update.ini file, containing the following: 

 [Transfer]
  LastError=iHostConnect: 12029

Answer:

Error 12029 indicates ERROR_INTERNET_CANNOT_CONNECT The attempt to connect to the server failed.

I am wondering if you attempted to connect to our file server, while our server was temporarily down. Try deleting the update.ini file in the vCheck directory, then run the script again.

If you are still having problems, open the vCheck.wbt file in WinBatch Studio. Search the file for '#DefineFunction GetInternetFile'. Uncomment the next line: 

DebugTrace(@on,"trace_vcheck.dbg")
Save the script. Then run it again. Please send us the resulting trace_vcheck.dbg, vcheck.wbt and update.ini files.

Also, what version of Internet Explorer is installed on this system? Can you hit the page http://files.winbatch.com/wwwftp/padxml/ with a browser?

Note: vcheck now uses https://files.winbatch.com/downloads/padxml/. Either URL produces a "403 - Forbidden: Access is denied" error when accessed from a web browser. This error is expected and does still indicates that your system has access to the download server.

User Reply:

I'm very sorry - the problem was that I have Norton Internet Security (NIS) installed on my system and this was preventing vCheck from running. By disabling NIS I've been able to run Vcheck and my Winbatch scripts that use WinInet.

It's a bit pathetic on my part but what with installing a new motherboard and moving to Windows XP I wasn't really aware that I'd installed NIS alongside Norton AntiVirus. I should be able to configure the system from here.

Many thanks for your help. 

Article ID:   W16744

File Created: 2019:12:06:08:21:02
Last Updated: 2019:12:06:08:21:02