cant access internet except on windows live messenger

The Killer · **Posted:** September 11th, 2009, 12:34 pm

im running windows XP service pack 2, ive tried every winsockfix thing ive come across, still having the problem.

edit: brother has taken away the keyboard because his girlfriend needs it, so i cant try out anything, i'll repost this when i get it back.

Adbot · **Posted:** September 11th, 2009, 12:34 pm

Shane · **Posted:** September 11th, 2009, 1:44 pm

Can you access Google via http://74.125.67.100 ?

Also what do ping requests say for "ping google.com"?

Aquw VettelS 776 · **Posted:** September 18th, 2009, 4:41 pm

Could it be proxy and port settings? If you're using IE or Chrome, global setting as used (for all applications on the PC), but Firefox has it's own settings, so it's possible to access the Internet on MSN and "break" Firefox at the same time. However, this wouldn't happen with IE or Chrome.

Mushroom Queen · **Posted:** September 18th, 2009, 8:34 pm

aquw 776 wrote:

Could it be proxy and port settings? If you're using IE or Chrome, global setting as used (for all applications on the PC), but Firefox has it's own settings, so it's possible to access the Internet on MSN and "break" Firefox at the same time. However, this wouldn't happen with IE or Chrome.

It does either sound like a proxy problem or some type of spyware.

Hell, maybe someone's playing a cruel joke on you and blocking port 80 on your firewall. XD

Aquw VettelS 776 · **Posted:** September 19th, 2009, 1:09 pm

Mushroom Queen wrote:

aquw 776 wrote:

Could it be proxy and port settings? If you're using IE or Chrome, global setting as used (for all applications on the PC), but Firefox has it's own settings, so it's possible to access the Internet on MSN and "break" Firefox at the same time. However, this wouldn't happen with IE or Chrome.

It does either sound like a proxy problem or some type of spyware.

Hell, maybe someone's playing a cruel joke on you and blocking port 80 on your firewall. XD

Never thought of that... Check Windows firewall and any other third party firewall that you may have installed to see if port 80 is being blocked. Also, if you're connected to a router, check to see if port 80 is open.

Also, have you tried accessing the Internet from a different user account? If this works then you should be able to discount proxy settings as these are specific to user accounts. The same goes for Windows firewall settings (I think- you'll have to check on that though).