Internet Issue

[vadimvc]

My new laptop is having a weird problem. I can access the internet with IE 64 bit just fine but any other program, be it IE 32 bit, firefox, skype... anything refuses to connect. I'm using Windows Vista 64 bit Ultimate Edition. Is there any particular setting I may have accidentally clicked and not realized? Tell me if you need any other information.

Thanks

 

[lodingi]

I have that problem sometimes. The tcp/ip stack gets screwed up somehow. This only affects 32 bit web applications. You need to reset the tcp/ip stack for it to work again.

For Windows Vista, things work a little different due to introduction of UAC (Guide: Disable UAC). Use this guide to perform a reinstalling of TCP/IP protocol in Vista:

1. Click on Start button.
2. Type Cmd in the Start Search text box.
3. Press Ctrl-Shift-Enter keyboard shortcut to run Command Prompt as Administrator. Allow elevation request.
4. Type netsh int ip reset in the Command Prompt shell, and then press the Enter key.
5. Restart the computer.

The command will remove all user configured settings on TCP/IP stack and return it to original default state by rewriting pertinent registry keys that are used by the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) stack to achieve the same result as the removal and the reinstallation of the protocol. The registry keys affected are:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters\

and

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\DHCP\Parameters\

 

[vadimvc]

Didn't help

 

[lodingi]

You may need to do a system restore.