Windows XP / IE8 problem

[Ian Rubie]

I am having a really annoying PC problem.

Windows XP SP3 with IE8 all was working fine. For no apparent reason IE8 has lost access to the internet. You open the application and all it says is connecting. It never actually manages it.

Outlook Express is working fine, if I install Firefox and Chrome they work fine. I have removed IE8 and gone back to IE6, that works fine. Tried installing IE7 - same result as IE8.

Googling suggests doing a reset from within IE8 - no joy. I have also tried starting IE8 with no add-ons - no joy. I have also tried a winsock and TCP/IP fix I found - no joy.

PC scans clean with MS security essentials and SuperAntiSpyware.

I don't really want to do a re-install, does anyone have any other suggestions?

Cheers

Ian

 

[Red Oktober]

IE is crap anyway ..... firefox is a more stable browser ...think most people i know use it

i use IE9 ... and although it's the very latest version it's still not as stable as FF

 

[Marius De Kock]

I agree with Red Oktober I exclusively use the latest Firefox with no problem at all and the Add-ons are great.

 

[spackrackman]

yep firefox all the way

not only does IE suck but so does the rest of the windows operating system. Windows 7 has improved but still.. blurghhhh

not very helpful though sorry

have you tried IE 9? first impressions are its a little toss but if it works then your at the latest version and you can forget 8 ever existed

Jonnie

 

[Marius De Kock]

I think IE9 is only available for Vista and Windows 7. I could be wrong.

 

[Steve Wright]

I am having a really annoying PC problem.

Windows XP SP3 with IE8 all was working fine. For no apparent reason IE8 has lost access to the internet. You open the application and all it says is connecting. It never actually manages it.

Outlook Express is working fine, if I install Firefox and Chrome they work fine. I have removed IE8 and gone back to IE6, that works fine. Tried installing IE7 - same result as IE8.

Googling suggests doing a reset from within IE8 - no joy. I have also tried starting IE8 with no add-ons - no joy. I have also tried a winsock and TCP/IP fix I found - no joy.

PC scans clean with MS security essentials and SuperAntiSpyware.

I don't really want to do a re-install, does anyone have any other suggestions?

Cheers

Ian

Hi Ian

Have you tried Google Chrome ?

well worth a try !

 

[fridayman]

Hi Ian

Have you tried Google Chrome ?

well worth a try !

I recently started using Chrome. I love that the address bar is also the internet search input. Adding bookmarks from a folder can be a bit fiddly compared to FF though.

 

[Graham]

I agree with Red Oktober I exclusively use the latest Firefox with no problem at all and the Add-ons are great.

.
Latest Fire Fox, and just tick the box for automatic FF updates.

I haven't used IE for years, save for one website that I need frequent now and the.
Apart from that, FF wins every time.

G.

 

[Julian]

Ian
Sounds like it could be a DNS cache problem, if all other browsers working

from a cmd prompt

ipconfig /dnsflush

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/docu ... x?mfr=true

Microsoft switch explanation

To be honest I would say use pretty much any other than ie

 

[Ian Rubie]

Thanks for the replies. Have abandoned IE and gone for Firefox.

Ian

 

[Marius De Kock]

Good choice.