Vista - IE7 & Firefox Stopped working as if no Internet Connection

Hi,

Would suggest a system restore, but if it's been going on for weeks you won't have a restore point far back enough.

Do you have a MS install dvd ? If so, try this

Repair Install For Vista

May work with a Dell reinstall dvd also - but not a recovery disk - they have been sending out what seem to be straight copies of the MS dvd with some systems.

Hope it helps

SIW2

Thx SIW2. it's a good idea to just fix vista too, but i have installed, uninstalled a couple of programs on my computer since i have it. ( approx 1 year )

So i think i will go with a full format to get a clean registery and hard drives.

But i really want to know what happened to mozilla and explorer and opera ( and not limewire's browser )

See ya

Max

omg.... i formated my computer 2 weeks ago, everything worked fine until TODAY.

I didnt installed mozilla and opera, but explorer stopped working. Now only limewire's browser works......

Everything else works well... CS : source, limewire, windows live mail, messenger, windows update...

Some1 can give me a gun??

Anyone can help???

I am willing to bet you have some issue with malware. Get a good scan of your system, including Malwarebyte's antimalware, and see if it does not find some infections.

BTW, Limewire is a good way to get viruses because you really have no idea what the other folks are sharing.

I have the same problem, I am a noob somone help! I made 3 dvd recovery disk last night on my friends HP computer, he has vista home premium. I have vista ultimate can I take this disk recovery my computer?

I've scanned my computer with trendmicro housecall, then with Avast, then with malwarebyte's antimalware... and nothing was found :-( when i reboot everything is fine for 10 mins then explorer do his annoying thing.

Do you think I should use the hp recovery disk? I need to know if this is ok, I dont want to mess up my computer.

I think that no you cant use the HP recovery disk because it's made for Home edition instead of Ultimate... but i'm not the right guy to answer to this.

@tegowner - hmmm, no malware showing and yet Explorer is crashing. Something is either loading on startup or else loading after a certain time period and crashing explorer. What software do you have starting up, and does it do the same thing in Safe Mode?

@bmart77 - The Vista recovery disc should be standard across the board - however, just to be safe, make sure it is a standard Vista recovery disc and not an HP branded disc - that will hurt you in the long run, especially if it took 3 DVDs to make - because it sounds like it made a "system recovery" disc for that particular HP machine as opposed to the Vista Recovery disc that you want.

This is probably what you want instead - Windows Vista Recovery Disc Download — The NeoSmart Files