No Connection to the Internet Is Currently Available

[Simon]

(Running XP Home with SP1, IE6)

Whenever I bring up Explorer, as of yesterday, and type in
a URL, it displays the message "No Connection to the
Internet Is Currently Available - Work Offline or Try
Again" instead of the connection box. Trying again results
in a "page not found". Trying yet again results in blank
pages.

The connection itself works fine when I use Outlook, or
straight from Network Connections in the control panel. It
even works when I try and connect from My Computer file
browser. Just not IE. And once the connection has been
made, IE works fine.

I haven't downloaded anything strange (or anything at
all), and I've checked the full system for viruses,
spyware and adware. I've checked the Registry values
against those recommeneded and my Internet settings
haven't changed (not that it gets that far).

IE is registered (still) as my default browser in IE
Options and on the toolbar. I've checked the Microsoft
support page for this exact message and done all it
suggests (deleting cookies, history etc.) but this makes
not the slightest difference. (Note that even though this
support page is referenced by the Microsoft XP site, it
says at the bottom "for Windows 98"!)

So... does anybody out there know if this is fixable?

 

[Guest]

This might be the same as the "surely someone knows" post,
which I didn't see when I posted this one. I'll try
removing the Google toolbar tonight, unless anyone has any
better suggestions...

 

[Ove1]

Exactly the same thing, under the same conditions, has
happened to me. I think it first appeared after the last
MS security patch was downloaded and installed. I use
automatic updating and didn't take note of the patch ID.

 

[mharter]

The same thing happened with windows 2000 and IE 6 it just
started yesterday also. Worked fine before. Help

 

[Ove1]

Uninstalling and reinstalling the Google tool bar fixed
it for me. I think that the latest IE6 security update
did something that, together with the tool bar, caused
the problem. I reported it to Google.

 

[Jim]

Running XP Home with SP1, IE6 and Google toolbar. Same
thing and I reckon it's a rubbish patch too. Sort it MS.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP]

Running XP Home with SP1, IE6 and Google toolbar. Same
thing and I reckon it's a rubbish patch too. Sort it MS.

Uninstall the Google toolbar and re-install it from Google. Google fixed
their problem.

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