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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis
Christopher Hallsworth wrote:
> This is interesting. How can it be a router issue when she can use MSN
> Messenger and send and receive e-mails, but not browse the web? Mandy,
> just a thought. Why don't you try an alternative browser like Mozilla
> Firefox? You can get it from http://www.mozilla.org. It's fast,
> reliable, and, most importantly, is more secure than IE as far as I'm
> concerned. Hope that helps.
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:20:08 +0100, "Adrian Higginbotham"
> <adrian.higginbotham@xxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
>> Mandy - what router are you using? I had a problem similar to that you
>> describe whenI first upgraded to ie7 as did another list member and we
>> both traced the issue to bt routers although to be honest I don't
>> recall
>> exactly what the fix was now.
>>
>>
>>
>> Adrian Higginbotham
>>
>>
>> Accessibility content manager
>>
>> British Educational Communications and Technology Agency - BECTA
>> Tel: Direct dial 024 7679 7333 - Becta switchboard 02476-416994.
>>
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Christopher Hallsworth
>> Sent: 12 June 2007 15:14
>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Any ideas?
>>
>> When I've read your message Mandy, I began to be quite suspicious
>> about
>> the cause of your problems, because IE7 should in no way affect how
>> you
>> connect to the internet, even if phishing filter has been turned on.
>> Also, the "access denied" message also sounds suspicious to me. May I
>> suggest you take off SpySweper and download Spybot 1.4? You can get
>> this, along with the scripts, from http://www.jfwlite.com or
>> http://www.accessibleprograms.com. Also, perform a *full* system scan
>> to
>> make sure that all traces of any viruses/malware are removed. If all
>> else fails, then all I can think of is either a system restore or, in
>> the worst case, a complete system recovery. Sorry if this is bad news,
>> but the symptoms you describe should not be happening to a "normal"
>> computer user. Good luck.
>> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:08:03 +0100, "Mandy"
>> <manumandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> said:
>>> Hi. Sorry if this goes on a bit but it is very frustrating.
>>>
>>> I've been having a problem where although connected to the internet
>>> and can use msn and email, can't use websites and this affects all
>>> three computers, two are hard wired and mine is wireless network but
>>> the belkin is in the main desktop computer and mine.
>>>
>>> It seems to just be when \I use sendspace to try to upload music that
>>> the internet goes of in the way I've described: it will say
>>> *internet
>>> explorer cannot display the webpage* and will tell me I am not
>>> connected to the internet.
>>> I've done disk defragment, disk cleanup, changed from AVG to NOD32,
>>> added Spysweeper, I'm also using AdAware - and removed browser
>> settings.
>>> Then yesterday I removed IE6 and everything seemed fine I could
>>> upload, download whatever I wanted but as soon as i went back to IE7
>>> the same problems were back.
>>>
>>> Are there any particular settings to apply with IE7? Fishing filter
>>> to be turned on is recommended is this right?
>>>
>>> Also: if my *documents and settings all users* says access denied
>>> how
>>> can i alter this or should i just reformat the laptop which i only
>>> bought at the beginning of May but i just want to get it all right.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mandy.
>> Christopher Hallsworth
>> E-mail: chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Skype name chrishallsworth7266
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