Cannot Browse The Web

[Bartagus]

I can't seem to do any browsing with IE 5.5 on my ME machine. I can connect
to my ISP through dialup; IE does not make the network icon in the toolbar
light up. Then after 30-40 sec it says page can't be displayed. The same
happen to Firefox. I downloaded it thinking IE was corrupted with a
virus,trojan,worm etc. Without being able to get on the the web to get
updates,scantools or virus updates; it requires access to get most tools to
start.

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM]

Please use the following newsgroup as this one will disappear Friday:

In a newsreader:
news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

On the web:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.internetexplorer.general

Winsock damaged:
LSP-Fix - a free program to repair damaged Winsock 2 stacks (all Windows
versions)
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Winsockfix for W95, W98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
http://www.tacktech.com/pub/winsockfix/WinsockFix.zip
Directions here: http://www.tacktech.com/display.cfm?ttid=257
WinXP:
Get WinSockxpFix
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
WinXP SP2: You can go to Start | Run and type
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
http://www.fjsmjs.com

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