Problem with Internet - Please help I beg you!

gazjones33 · 11-05-2008

Hi everyone
I have a problem that is driving me bonkers with Vista and I.E 7.
I have an Asus FT3 Laptop and I am running Vista Home Premium 32bit and I.E 7, I have had it for 12 months and have not had a lot of problem but now I have one.
For a few weeks now I have not been able to access certain internet sites, mainly yahoo, youtube, facebook etc, google works fine and so do some others like kontraband. Initially I thought it was my ISP but some engineers came round with their tatty laptop running XP and they could access all the websites no problem, I have also connected wirelessly to another ISP and have had the same problem
I started googling for fixes and have seen a few other people have had this issue and have so far have tried as recommended

1. Running I.E with no add ons
2. Resetting I.E
3. Disabling all start up programs and service programs apart from Microsoft programs
4. Numerous virus, spyware etc sweeps with various programs
5. Switching off all protection software
6. Removing all protection software
7. Double checked all my advanced internet settings

None of these have worked, so I tried downloading Firefox3, this has exactly the same problem with exactly the same websites as I.E.
Last night I got fed up and decided on drastic action, I backed up all my files and did a system restore to the 1st partition and basically set my computer back to the out of box condition. I was sure this would work but I still have exactly the same problem. No access to certain websites, when i click on Yahoo Mail (for example) it still says "waiting for etc etc", hangs for 20 minutes and them times out.
I have one more level of System Restore to try which will restore the whole of HD, but that means i will have restore all the drivers as well.
Unless someone can come up with something to fix this problem I am afraid I will have to bite the bullet and format my HD and install WinXP instead, I don't really want to do this because I like Vista but I need access to some of the websites I can't access.
You are my last chance to save me the considerable pain of uninstalling Vista and installing XP - Please help

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gazjones33 Newbie Join Date: Nov 2008 Vista Home Premium 32bit 1 posts	Problem with Internet - Please help I beg you! Hi everyone I have a problem that is driving me bonkers with Vista and I.E 7. I have an Asus FT3 Laptop and I am running Vista Home Premium 32bit and I.E 7, I have had it for 12 months and have not had a lot of problem but now I have one. For a few weeks now I have not been able to access certain internet sites, mainly yahoo, youtube, facebook etc, google works fine and so do some others like kontraband. Initially I thought it was my ISP but some engineers came round with their tatty laptop running XP and they could access all the websites no problem, I have also connected wirelessly to another ISP and have had the same problem I started googling for fixes and have seen a few other people have had this issue and have so far have tried as recommended 1. Running I.E with no add ons 2. Resetting I.E 3. Disabling all start up programs and service programs apart from Microsoft programs 4. Numerous virus, spyware etc sweeps with various programs 5. Switching off all protection software 6. Removing all protection software 7. Double checked all my advanced internet settings None of these have worked, so I tried downloading Firefox3, this has exactly the same problem with exactly the same websites as I.E. Last night I got fed up and decided on drastic action, I backed up all my files and did a system restore to the 1st partition and basically set my computer back to the out of box condition. I was sure this would work but I still have exactly the same problem. No access to certain websites, when i click on Yahoo Mail (for example) it still says "waiting for etc etc", hangs for 20 minutes and them times out. I have one more level of System Restore to try which will restore the whole of HD, but that means i will have restore all the drivers as well. Unless someone can come up with something to fix this problem I am afraid I will have to bite the bullet and format my HD and install WinXP instead, I don't really want to do this because I like Vista but I need access to some of the websites I can't access. You are my last chance to save me the considerable pain of uninstalling Vista and installing XP - Please help
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