IE6 Not Working

[Guest]

I just bought a Dell Inspiron 8600 with WIndows XP Home SP2 installed. I
followed all of my ISP's directions for setting up the connection (dialup)
and it connects fine but it doesn't load websites. I had the same problem on
my desktop but I forget how I fixed it.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

I just bought a Dell Inspiron 8600 with WIndows XP Home SP2
installed. I followed all of my ISP's directions for setting up the
connection (dialup) and it connects fine but it doesn't load
websites. I had the same problem on my desktop but I forget how I
fixed it.

Do you get any error messages?

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[Guest]

It does the page cannot be found and then a message pops up that says
Internet Explorer could not find the search page or something. If that isn't
specific enough I can go try it again.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

Did this machine ever work on the Internet?

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[Guest]

No it hasn't, I got it last Monday and I've tried just about everything to
get it to work.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE]

No it hasn't, I got it last Monday and I've tried just about everything to
get it to work.

This shouldn't be the problem with a new machine, but try LSP-Fix - a free
program to repair damaged Winsock 2 stacks (all Windows versions)
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Winsock2 Fix- Win98, ME
http://www.bu.edu/pcsc/internetaccess/winsock2fix.html
WinXP:
and WinSockxpFix
http://www.spychecker.com/program/winsockxpfix.html
How to Reset Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357
WinXP SP2: Go to Start | Run and type
CMD
In the command window type
netsh winsock reset

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