So it's at the network level, not the browser level. Give Winsock XP Fix a try, see if it clears this up.
If not, try Dial-a-fix, No install needed, just run the executable. Click on the double green checkmarks at the bottom then click on GO. When it completes, reboot and see if things are better.
Try the Winsock fix first though.
Tried winsockfix and Dial-a-fix. Didn't help. Still can't connect.
Uninstalled IE 8 to see if that was culprit, that didn't help either
Any other suggestions?
It looks like you have AVG Free 8.5 and Norton Antivirus and Antispam installed. Please uninstall one or the other, preferably Norton. If that doesn't help, temporarily disable as much of AVG as you can, see here: http://free.avg.com/faq.num-1304#faq_1304
If still problems, it's time to start disabling programs and services that start at boot time to see which one (or ones) is causing the problem.
Use msconfig to determine what is causing the problem. Before you do any of the following, record what is currently being started on the Startup and Services tabs so you can put things back when done.
First, open Control Panel and click on Windows Firewall. If it's Off, turn it on because you will be disabling any other Firewall and Anti-virus in the following steps.
Click on Start then Run, type msconfig and press Enter.
Click on the Startup tab then the Disable All button.
Reboot and see how your browser works now.
If okay then use msconfig to enable several items at a time till you find the culprit.
If no, enable the Startup items you disabled, then click on the Services tab.
Check the Hide All Microsoft Services box then click the Disable All button.
Reboot and see how your browser works now.
If yes then use msconfig to enable services till you find the culprit.
Once you've found the culprit, uninstall it or find out how to eliminate it from your system. Simply disabling it in msconfig is a temporary fix at best. Enable everything else you disabled.
Disable Windows Firewall if you enabled it at the start of this process.
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