Re: Help! My browsers can't access the Internet! Everything else can!
ivand67_at_yahoo.com
Date: 10/30/04
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Date: 30 Oct 2004 16:10:28 -0700
Bryan, thanx for your help but that didn't do it (and I didn't try it
now, I tried that yesterday, and Norton IS doesn't ask whether you wish
to save settings or not, BTW).
It was a WINSOCK problem. I found a link to the program after making a
thorough search of the Microsoft groups. I downloaded and ran a program
called Winsock XP Fix (version 1.2, Google for it if you see this
message and are having the same problem). It fixed the WINSOCK settings
and a bunch of other background Internet settings. I restarted, and
everything's working perfectly now.
Problem solved...
Bryan Martin wrote:
> Uninstall norton and IE should work. While uninstalling it will ask
do you
> wish to save settings. Tell this no, that way if you reinstall you
will
> start from scratch.
>
>
> "ivand67" <ivand67@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:b44d669e.0410301237.6fde4b18@posting.google.com...
> > Hi...
> >
> > I recently had to uninstall SP2, re-install Windows with my SP1
disc,
> > and then re-install SP2 along with all the available updates from
> > Windows Update. I also installed new versions of Norton Internet
> > Security and Norton SystemWorks (2005).
> >
> > Everything's fine now, except for one really annoying problem that
I
> > just can't figure out: all of my programs can access the Internet
> > except for my browsers! I really don't know why - everything else
can.
> > I'm typing this message right now because I'm using Windows
Explorer
> > instead of Internet Explorer (opened up My Computer and typed in
> > google.com - this did not open Internet Explorer, rather, it just
> > turned it into an Internet Explorer window but under Task Manager,
> > iexplore.exe is not open).
> >
> > It's not about the firewall or program control (for Internet
access)
> > either - with the firewall disabled, the same problem happens.
> >
> > I'm on my home network - I tried it with my wireless adapter, and
> > connecting my DSL modem straight to my computer, and it's all the
> > same. I checked for viruses with NAV 2005 last night (with all the
> > latest virus definitions), and nothing. I thought it was a virus or
> > maybe spyware, and that didn't work either. It's really weird.
> >
> > I've tried it with all my browsers: Firefox, Internet Explorer,
Opera,
> > Mozilla and Netscape - none of them can open up a single page.
> > Internet Explorer crashes if I attempt to access a page too many
times
> > in a single session. All the other browsers simply refuse to open
up a
> > page. At the beginning, it seems like they are, but then right away
> > they stop and nothing happens.
> >
> > I've ran Spybot and Ad-Aware SE 1.05 Pro with a full system scan,
> > updating the definitions for both programs before scanning of
course.
> > Nothing. I've disabled the Windows Security Center and the Windows
> > Firewall, and still, nothing.
> >
> > At this point, I'm clueless. There's no way to simply uninstall
> > Internet Explorer, and of course, I already tried that with Firefox
> > and Opera, and they still can't surf the Internet. All other
programs
> > are working great with the Internet - for example, Azureus
(BitTorrent
> > client), can download anything just fine - I'm going at 60 KB/s
with
> > it which is higher than my average through BitTorrent.
> >
> > If you have a clue of what it could be (disabled Windows service,
> > missing driver, whatever) please let me know. Any other comments,
> > suggestions and questions would also be appreciated.
> >
> > Thank you in advance!
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