Thanks for the reply and updates. Just for your info I use McAfee and
Firefox on my system with no problems. Strange but glad you got it worked
out.
"Cheri" <Cheri@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6F3124A8-69C9-417A-AEFC-6B527AE44B76@xxxxxx
Quote:
>I just went through two days of the same problem and I was ready to bring
>my
> new PC desktop back to the Office Depot store! But after calling every
> manufacturer, from the PC to the wireless router, I went back to the PC
> (Gateway) and they figured it out (love that I talk to a person in SD and
> not
> India!). It was McAfee Antivirus software that conflicted somehow with
> the
> browser. If you have it, delete it. Then immediately install a different
> one, like Symantec, before doing any browsing, chatting, etc. Also
> discovered that Vista doesn't like Firefox, so don't try that browser.
>
> Hope this helps.
> --
> Cheri
>
>
> "---Fitz---" wrote:
> Quote:
>> I had the exact same problem last week although it was on an XP machine.
>> I
>> tried every fix I knew of to no avail. My last thing to fix was
>> repairing
>> the TCP/IP stack. I used an executable named something like
>> TCPIPrepair.exe. You can Google and see if you can find it. I do NOT
>> know
>> if it will work on Vista. In the alternative, you can try this website:
>> http://www.howtonetworking.com/vista/removetcpip.htm or
>> http://grdead.ibloggie.com/reset-tcpip-and-winsock/.
>>
>>
>> "The Violet Storm" <TheVioletStorm@xxxxxx> wrote in
>> message news:2E7D551F-B348-4464-AEE8-D809C8CCC607@xxxxxx Quote:
>> >I thought about doing a firmware upgrade, but wouldnt i do that on the
>> >main
>> > computer that the router is actually hooked up to?? I did do an
>> > upgrade a
>> > couple months ago. You dont do that kind of upgrade on the laptop
>> > right?
>> >
>> > I went into the command prompt, ip address for router is 192.168.1.XXX.
>> > So
>> > I think thats looking ok........
>> > There are so many others with this same problem I am noticing, What is
>> > up
>> > with Vista??
>> > "Pbb321" wrote:
>> >
>> >>
>> >> If you're home or on a network you trust, then private is the setting
>> >> you want, otherwise use public.
>> >>
>> >> You mentioned your router before, although its highly unlikely, visit
>> >> your manufacturer's website and see if there is a firmware update for
>> >> your router. Although I doubt that this is the problem, nothing really
>> >> supprises me anymore.
>> >>
>> >> Oh, by the way, check to see if your IP address corresponds to your
>> >> router. (i.e. 192.168.x.x) if its not in this range or similar, then
>> >> there could be a router problem.
>> >>
>> >> Hope that makes sense, if not, just tell me.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Pbb321
>> >>
>>
>>
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