Connected to the internet, but IE won't connect

[alex5109]

Okay, this happened last night. I was on youtube and it was fullscreen, so without me knowing, in the background it was asking if I wanted to postpone an update, of course I didnt know this was happening so it updated itself. The screen went black and froze. I couldnt turn it off or anything. So I just took out the battery and turned it back on. As it was re-booting it was setting up an update. So i was like crap.. remembering how everything always says dont turn off the power when updating etc. And I logged on, connected to the internet just fine. But now IE won't connect. But when I open IE and if I click the little mail button to check my email. That still works! So it proves I AM connected. but IE wont for some reason. Anyone know of anyway to fix this problem?

 

[mckillwashere]

Have you tried to finish the updates???

 

[alex5109]

Have you tried to finish the updates???

Yes I have. Nothing seems to work):

 

[mckillwashere]

Open up the file browser and type in http://windows.micro soft.com/en-US/windows/home no space.

 

[alex5109]

Open up the file browser and type in http://windows.micro soft.com/en-US/windows/home no space.

Internet Explorer cannot display this webpage
everytime, for any website
Diagnose Connection Problems doesn't help at all either

 

[roban]

Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections tab/LAN settings

See if Proxy server is checked. If so, uncheck it. Then scan for malware using malwarebytes.

 

[alex5109]

Control Panel/Internet Options/Connections tab/LAN settings

See if Proxy server is checked. If so, uncheck it. Then scan for malware using malwarebytes.

There's no proxy either

 

[mckillwashere]

Is ie showing up under add remove programs or windows features??

 

[alex5109]

Is ie showing up under add remove programs or windows features??

Windows Features

 

[mckillwashere]

uninstall it using windows features reboot then reinstall it

 

[alex5109]

uninstall it using windows features reboot then reinstall it

Sooo.. Just uncheck it in Windows Features, then restart. then go back to windows features and check the box again...?

 

[mckillwashere]

Well you have to click okay then it does it configuring windows features thingy then you reboot.

 

[alex5109]

Well you have to click okay then it does it configuring windows features thingy then you reboot.

well just making sure that it will install IE again itself? Because then how else do I reinstall it again if I can't connect to the internet on that computer? haha

 

[mckillwashere]

When you reboot, and go back and re click it it will reinstall..

 

[alex5109]

When you reboot, and go back and re click it it will reinstall..

Okay! Just making suree haha

 

[alex5109]

yeahh.. it didnt work. When I re-checked it, it rebooted. And its just the same as it was before. And wont connect still... WTF

 

[mckillwashere]

What firewall and antivirus are you using???

 

[alex5109]

just the normal recommended windows firewall. And it's not the firewall. And I use AVG. But that lost internet connection long ago, but it does regular scans still.

 

[mckillwashere]

Try this
How to download Firefox 3.0 via FTP on Windows XP | eHow.com

 

[alex5109]

Try this
How to download Firefox 3.0 via FTP on Windows XP | eHow.com

yeah that thing didnt help, only got to step 2. maybe cause thats for XP or my computer just sucks. I was talking to someone earlier and he was trying to help me download firefox through ftp also. But could never get to the user name password part. Apparently the command prompt can't even connect to the internet. This doesnt make any sense. The email thing still works. It shows me the new emails telling me I have new posts from you on here.