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all internet pages 'not responding' when type in to text box..
Having a bit of a head-scratcher for 2 days - I have an internet connection and can go to websites from bookmarks or links or by directly typing in the address bar, but whenever I try to type into a text box on the web page (like google search box or user name input) no characters appear and the browser freezes with message "abc.com is not responding. Try to recover" with button appearing after 10-20 secs. When I click the button, the web page is recovered but its still behaves the same so just repeats again. I've tried a lot of different things to try to isolate problem but not getting anywhere....
Set-up...
> 2010 imac i3 running Windows7 under bootcamp (all fine for the last 3 years)
> internet connection via BT infinity2 homehub4
> connected via wifi network
> several ipads/iphones/appletv and 2 laptops running w8 connect via the wifi network and Ethernet are working fine
> running MSE and Malwarebytes - no issues or threats found
What have I already tried :
> tried booting in to the mac X 10.1 op system and connect to the internet (via safari) - works fine
> tried using IE10 / IE11 / Chrome / Firefox on the imac and non work - all freezing and saying "...not responding"
> tried same on many web sites - google.co.uk / yahoo.com / google.com / bt.com / msn.com etc - all behave the same
> tried connecting via wifi and Ethernet - makes no difference
> tried uninstalling and re-installing IE - makes no difference
> tried removing and rejoining the network - makes no difference
> tried to uninstall recent windows updates - makes no difference (for some reason the normal restore process to earlier restore point gives error message)
> tried resetting internet set up via control panel (delete all cookies etc and reset)
> tried 2 different keyboards - makes no difference
I'm really stuck - probably its a really simple fix and I'll feel rather stupid, but please help. thanks