General ⇒ dvips-rendering in Yap requires Internet connection (!)

[mappo]

I always compile to .dvi and this is for two reasons:
1. Yap is much faster than Adobe (I've tried with Foxit but everytime I View output, a new window opens)
2. I love the cursor-marker-thing
3. Hmm...

I always compile to .dvi and this is for three reasons: (link)
1. Yap is much faster than Adobe (I've tried with Foxit but everytime I View outputh, a new window opens)
2. I love the cursor-marker-thing
3. It displays .eps graphics (at least in dvips mode)

Last night I did som TeX-ing (it's a verb, right) offline and it wouldn't compile.
The error message:

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dvips.exe: Windows API error 1231: The network location cannot be reached. For information about network troubleshooting, see Windows Help.
 
 
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I switched Yap to render method Pk and it worked fine, except for the .eps graphics...

What's going on?!

(And sorry for the goofing-around! It's raining and I need to cheer myself up.)

[mappo]

Update:

To verify I opened XP's dos prompt and navigated to ~\miktex\bin\
and ran dvips.exe with the ethernet cable connected:

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This is dvips(k) 5.96dev Copyright 2007 Radical Eye Software (www.radicaleye.com)
Missing DVI file argument (or -f).
Try --help for more information.
 
 
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I disconnected the cable and ran dvips.exe again:

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dvips.exe: Windows API error 64: The specified network name is no longer available.
 
 
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I see some people have read this thread.
Even if you cannot explain why, could somebody
please verify this behaviour on your system - I'm
about to lose my mind over this.