Everything works EXCEPT Internet Explorer

"Acro_d" hath wroth:

Fire up IE6 or IE7. Hit the "File" pulldown menu thing. Near the bottom is "Work Offline". If it's checked, uncheck it.

Another problem is having a proxy server set. Fire up IE6 or IE7. Tools -> Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN settings Uncheck everything and clear out any proxy servers.

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 19:10:36 -0000, "Acro_d" wrote in :

The usual problem is proxy settings. Turn off proxy.

Thanks for the quick reply. There aren't any proxy settings as far as I can tell. If I go to Internet options>connections>'LAN settings' there are no ticks in any of the 3 boxes.

Thanks for the reply. I've tried cycling through offline/online but it makes no difference.

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 19:58:23 -0000, "Acro_d" wrote in :

Does it work with a raw IP address? Try http://66.102.7.147/

No. It won't even connect to the wireless router which has address

192.168.2.1

This will take a while, but try the following.

Click Start > Run Type "sfc /scannow" Wait for it to complete (a long time) Reboot See if it works.

Also, if you open your C drive and then type a web address instead of the file directory in the location bar, will it work?

Chris

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Running SFC is one thing I haven't been able to try, it keeps asking me for my Service pack 2 CD which I don't have. It doesn't tell me which files it needs to copy so maybe this is the problem. Does anyone know if I can download the Service pack 2 CD from somewhere so I can try this tonight?

In IE6 typing c:\\ would open the drive in the same window. I've just tried this in IE7 (which I only installed last night to try and solve this problem) and it opens the drive in a new Windows Explorer window, which doesn't help...

On Wed, 8 Nov 2006 20:45:39 -0000, "Acro_d" wrote in :

Next time don't withhold info like this. [sigh]

That wouldn't be legal.

Sorry, I did try to list everything I had tried. Ok, I now realise I need to hunt down a legal copy of a service pack 2 CD. Thanks for the help, I'm grateful for being guided towards a plan of action rather than going around in circles like I was before I posted :-)

SP2 is available from MS here;

John and others eliminated the DNS possibility. The only thing I can suggest that's left is the you have a corrupted LSP (layered service provider). The LSP is usually trashed after an anti-spyware program partially removes yet another IE tool bar.

It's a long shot and doesn't exactly fit the symptoms because a corrupted LSP usually prevents all access to the internet from any program. Since you have other programs that work, it's probably not the problem. Still, I would check the LSP to be sure. I've had good luck with:

BEFORE you attack, I suggest you create a system restore point *AND* backup just the registry. For registry backups, I use ERUNT: will give you a 2nd chance in case something goes wrong.

Jeff Liebermann hath wroth:

One more possibility. Do you have a personal software firewall running such as Norton Firewall, McAfee Firewall, Nvidia Firewall, ZoneAlarm, Trend Micro Firewall, etc? If so, try temporarily disabling the firewall and see if IE now works. If that fixes it, you have somehow disallowed access to the internet for IE in the firewall configuration.

On Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:01:10 GMT, Jeff Liebermann wrote in :

Nothing wrong with backing up the Registry, but there can be lots wrong with restoring it unless only minor changes have been made since a very recent backup, because otherwise the Registry can easily be put out of sync with the system configuration, leading to a variety of frustrating problems -- restoring the Registry is a bit like doing brain surgery with a chain saw. I personally think System Restore makes much more sense in almost all cases.

I agree complete. However, I don't think I suggested restoring some ancient saved registry from before the daily deluge of updates and fixes were installed. I usually make a manual registry backup before doing any tweaking or trying the latest "registry optimizer". If it screws up, I either undo the damage, or just restore the previous saved registry. If I installed some application or driver, using System Restore is safer. However, even System Restore screws up, especially with Microsoft updates that cannot be uninstalled (or reinstalled).

On Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:57:12 GMT, Jeff Liebermann wrote in :

Yep, which is why I do much of my testing with Virtual PC (and often curse myself when I forget to use it:), or with a full backup done with Acronis True Image.