No browsers work

[Don]

I have XP MCE with latest fixes.
Yesterday, I decided to remove those installed programs I didn't think
I needed.
This morning I booted my computer, and now IE hangs attempting to browse
anything on the Web. I have the same problem with FireFox and Safari. They
just hang.
I can get/send email OK and access newsgroups. But, none of my
browsers work.
I can't think of anything that I removed that would have caused a problem,
but obviously something has.
Any ideas out there as to what I may done and to get my browsers working?

Thanks.

 

[Sherry Crawley]

I removed and re-installed IE7, now all my browsers work.

 

[Daave]

I have XP MCE with latest fixes.
Yesterday, I decided to remove those installed programs I didn't think
I needed.
This morning I booted my computer, and now IE hangs attempting to
browse
anything on the Web. I have the same problem with FireFox and Safari.
They
just hang.
I can get/send email OK and access newsgroups. But, none of my
browsers work.
I can't think of anything that I removed that would have caused a
problem,
but obviously something has.
Any ideas out there as to what I may done and to get my browsers
working?

Please tell us which programs you removed and how you removed them.

Have you seen any error messages in Event Viewer?

 

[Sherry Crawley]

Actually it's my friend's machine.
I just went to Intall/Remove programs, and from Windows Components
I removed then reinstalled IE7 and did a re-boot.
Then all worked. Not sure why though.
Nothing of note in Event Viewer.

 

[Bill Sharpe]

Any ideas out there as to what I may done and to get my browsers working?

System Restore, if enabled, may get your browsers working again, but I
have no idea as to what you may have done to get into this fix.

Bill