Vista - IE is running - Skype and Mozilla ar blocked!

Svens · 11-17-2008

Hi!
First of all - Thank you for this great web site!
It helped me a lot to tweak my Vista to be more faster.
But doing the tweaking, I think I made some mistake.

The problem is -
Mozilla Firefox and Skype can't connect to the internet. They just say, that they can't do it! In the mean while - internet explorer is working just great!
I did some tweaking in Windows services. I was cutting down services depending on this site: Windows Vista Services Explained (I got it from your web site - http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/59910-services.html )
And now there's a problem - internet explorer is the only one, who can access the internet.

Windows Firewall is turned off - Windows Defender too.
I can get Windows updates, but still - any 3d party software, that needs to connect to the internet, isn't working.
Could you please help me and give some advice?
I am really confused, because I can't think of any service, that could make such a thing!

Thank you very much!

Svens

Thank you, problem solved! The problem was with my Norton Anti-Virus service!
Have a good day!

11-17-2008	#1 (permalink)
Svens Vista Home Premium 23bit. 1 posts	IE is running - Skype and Mozilla ar blocked! Hi! First of all - Thank you for this great web site! It helped me a lot to tweak my Vista to be more faster. But doing the tweaking, I think I made some mistake. The problem is - Mozilla Firefox and Skype can't connect to the internet. They just say, that they can't do it! In the mean while - internet explorer is working just great! I did some tweaking in Windows services. I was cutting down services depending on this site: Windows Vista Services Explained (I got it from your web site - http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/59910-services.html ) And now there's a problem - internet explorer is the only one, who can access the internet. Windows Firewall is turned off - Windows Defender too. I can get Windows updates, but still - any 3d party software, that needs to connect to the internet, isn't working. Could you please help me and give some advice? I am really confused, because I can't think of any service, that could make such a thing! Thank you very much! Svens Thank you, problem solved! The problem was with my Norton Anti-Virus service! Have a good day! Last edited by Svens; 11-17-2008 at 12:23 PM.. Reason: Problem solved
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