(cross-post added to Vista Networking)
"Jason Hudson" <JasonHudson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F5E2254E-19E2-4E0E-AA6A-51AD16A057AF@microsoft.com...
>I just got a new machine from Acer and it came with Vista Home Basic installed.
>
> I can connect to the Internet via my dial up account and Internet Explorer
> will go out there and I can surf all day long. However, Internet Explorer is
> the only thing that will connect. My iTunes will not connect and when I try
> to sync to the iTunes server, it immediately cuts me off and says the server
> is unavailable. Mozilla FireFox won't connect to my home page (yahoo.com)
> and the interesting thing is that Outlook will send email but will not
> download email.
>
> I've turned off everything I can think off - Windows Firewall, Antivirus,
> Windows Defender - I've changed the properties of my connection to all
> thinkable configurations (thinkable by me anyways) and any other
> Internet-like properties I can find but nothing seems to work. I can ping
> yahoo.com servers and any other servers and I get a reply and I can run
> tracert to all the servers as well. No problems there. But, I know they use
> a different protocol. However, TCP/IP works with IE 7 so why wouldn't it
> work with FireFox or anything else on my computer. The POP3 protocol doesn't
> seem to be working or at least allowing anything in.
>
> What could possibly be preventing me from using anything but Internet
> Explorer to surf the Internet?
Your ISP. Does it require you to check for proxy settings?
On XP I would use netcap + Ethereal to do a packet trace
as proof that the ISP server is the cause of the problem.
E.g. compare what the requests from the different browsers look like
and the responses they get. If the only difference is User-Agent
you may be able to spoof an IE User-Agent with Firefox.
As for problems with ports other than 80 (HTTP server) you could try
using telnet to simulate a connection.
Cross-post to Vista Networking added.
Link to existing subthreads:
http://www.microsoft.com/communities...a-51ad16a057af
Good luck
Robert Aldwinckle
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