Background: This is a EXE writen in VB6. It has a webbrowser control. The purpose of this program is to Save data locally when Internet connection is not available and post them to a website later. But this task you are bidding on deals with a particular issue:
This is a finished product. Users have been using it for a while. Recently, a small portion of them are having a pecular problem. When they first launch the program. It shows offline when it is supposed to be online. In technical terms, the VB program is asking the browser control to visit a website (<[login to view URL]> in this test case). If the http request is successful, it will show online status. When this problem happens, they can go to that URL in IE without problem. Proxy server is not in use and this only happens to some computers on the same LAN. The computer that is having this problem has been working before. The only known change was some windows update took place. The computer that is having problem is running windows xp.
I, myself have been trying to replicate the problem on my computers but have not been succesfull. So to quality for this project, you need to download and install the attachment. If you launch the program and see the the status is offline but at the same time you can go to the above URL in IE, then you can bid on this project. If I accept your bid, I can give you the source code to debug.
## Deliverables
The problem is user can visit [[login to view URL]][1] using IE and see a login screen. But the program we are testing shows offline. Proxy is not in use and it only happens on some computers on the same LAN. Even the computer that is having the problem has been working before.
Replicate the problem and find the cause.
## Platform
Windows XP