Re: External connections...

From: Martin Neumann (mneumann_at_mail15.com)
Date: 10/29/04 

Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 11:17:50 +0100

Are you on an office network? Most likely there are then some proxy or
firewall settings to consider. Look into the control panel/Internet
Settings, and check out the Lan Settings there. Just I read now you have
configured the proxy on Internet Explorer. Have a look though on a
different system if there is a proxy script they have. If you dont get
anything going that way, you probably need some help from your system
administrator.

Rob Outman wrote:

> Hi all...
>
> I am having a problem with my work computer that I really hope someone can
> help me with. Last week I had to re-install the windows OS due to an office
> issue I was having. Prior to re-installing Windows 2000 pro, I was able to
> get on the internet, run MSN messenger, connect to newsgroups through
> Outlook express, download application updates through the application itself
> (i.e. ad-aware, spybot, etc...). Now since the re-install, I have
> configured internet explorer to use the proxy server. The internet now
> works fine, but none of the other above apps work. All I get is "unable to
> connect" errors when ever trying to connect through any of the other apps.
>
> I thought it may be a firewall issue, but I know very little about
> firewalls... not to mention the fact that everyone else in the office is
> able to connect with the same apps with no problems. I have more or less
> ruled out a firewall issue because every other person is able to connect and
> I was able to connect prior to the OS re-install.
>
> Could there possibly be something else that I have missed? Are there
> firewall settings on my client machine that need to be set? Does anyone
> have any idea what I need to do to get these apps connecting again?
>
> TIA for any help you may be able to offer!
>
> Rob
>
>

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