Cannot Connect, Any programs other than FF |
 Feb 19 2009, 02:24 AM
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 Pokeball, GO!  Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009  |
Hey guys. Not a single program on my computer will connect to the Internet. The only thing that will connect is web browsers. Things like AIM, Skype, Y! Messenger, and Limewire won't connect no matter what I do. I've searched high and low over the Internets, and I get the same answer. Everyone says it's my Firewall. It's not. I've disabled the firewall, made sure all those programs were allowed to connect, and everything. It's nothing with my Internet because my desktop works fine. This is just an issue with my laptop. I use it more because I like to watch cable on my big ass HDTV while surfing the web. Its OS is Windows XP.
Any ideas? This is killing me. I'm very tech savvy and I can usually figure out whats wrong with my computer and fix it in minutes, but this has me stumped. It's probably something really simple and I'm just over analyzing the problem. Thanks in advance for any help! |
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Feb 19 2009, 02:45 AM
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After the defrag, while in safemode with networking, see if you can connect. If you can connect check your firewall settings, if the settings are correct... there's a possibility that there's a virus of some sort preventing you from connecting your other programs.
The only other thing I can think of is that you're on a wireless connection and it's getting limited. |
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Feb 19 2009, 02:55 AM
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Pokeball, GO! Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 2,832 Joined: Jul 2006 Member No: 433,009 |
QUOTE(illmortal @ Feb 19 2009, 03:45 AM)  After the defrag, while in safemode with networking, see if you can connect. If you can connect check your firewall settings, if the settings are correct... there's a possibility that there's a virus of some sort preventing you from connecting your other programs. The only other thing I can think of is that you're on a wireless connection and it's getting limited. ok. I'm defragging it now in SafeMode. I'm on my iPhone right now. How could my wireless be limited? I've checked the settings several times and this is my own wireless connection so I set it up. It's not limited as far as I know. |
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smoke Cannot Connect Feb 19 2009, 02:24 AM
illmortal Run a virus scan. Then defrag and disk clean up in... Feb 19 2009, 02:37 AM smoke ^ I haven't defragged. That was next on my lis... Feb 19 2009, 02:40 AM
illmortal QUOTE(smoke @ Feb 19 2009, 02:55 AM) ok. ... Feb 19 2009, 03:09 AM smoke QUOTE(illmortal @ Feb 19 2009, 04:09 AM) ... Feb 19 2009, 03:22 AM Jonathan-Andrew it may be because a program is OUT DATED...
Try i... Feb 21 2009, 05:29 PM 9001 I've had this issue with three different compu... Feb 21 2009, 09:00 PM JosephCohen123 Have you updated your computer?
In xp I believe yo... Feb 21 2009, 11:56 PM Beenly QUOTE(smoke @ Feb 18 2009, 11:24 PM) Hey ... Feb 23 2009, 06:55 AM 9001 QUOTE(Beenly @ Feb 23 2009, 05:55 AM) Som... Mar 5 2009, 08:07 PM HeartOfPandora Tried reinstalling any of the programmes to see if... Mar 5 2009, 07:57 PM |
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