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Problems with Internet Explorer
Thu, 10/22/2009 - 14:47
Hey all,
I've tried everything, and I can't seem to fix the issue. Here's the deal: I've got a home-built AMD-powered desktop computer running WinXP Home. It's got 2GB of memory in it (so I'm thinking it's not a memory issue), a good sized hard drive, and all other networking functions seem to work fine. The problem comes when I try to use Internet Explorer to surf the web. It just doesn't work. Well, I take that back, it works for about 5 or 10 minutes, then everything starts coming up "Page Cannot Be Displayed". I can access websites from any other computer in the house, no problem. Just can't surf from that machine.
What makes matters even more confusing is that this machine is set up to dual-boot, WinXP and Fedora 6. When I boot into Fedora, Firefox works fine. Quick, easy, no problem. It's just under WinXP.
And the final layer to this mystery: I've tried IE6, 7 and 8, FireFox, and Chrome. Nothing works.
Any ideas? Any suggestions? I'm starting to lose it over here.
Mon, 10/26/2009 - 11:06
#2
I was actually have a very similar issue, and "solved" it by installing Windows 7 RC. Everything works great now, and I'm just waiting for my Win7 upgrade disks to show up in the mail so I can make it official. I know this probably doesn't help you much, except for perhaps giving a little bit of relief from the idea that it might be hardware related, although you already knew that since Linux was working fine.
Good luck!
Tue, 11/24/2009 - 11:13
#3
Yeah, I think I'm just going to invest in the Windows 7 Home Premium upgrade and hope that does the trick. I'm going to need to upgrade anyway, so if it fixes my issues, even better!
Thanks!
Hmmm... This sounds like a job for your Windows XP install disk. I'm not sure, but doing a repair install might just do the trick. It sounds like something got whacked out in your registry.
Good luck!