Solved XP mode: no http or https coming through WAN

[arnoldus]

I installed Virtual PC and XP Mode again.
XP can see my LAN computers, and can access http on a LAN addresses.

It can ping WAN, it can do Windows Update, but it can not access external HTTP, HTTPS.

XP Firewall is off.
Host firewall is off as well, but no effect.
It's now in bridge mode (host's network card), and I've also tried NAT, no difference.

What can I do?

 

[samuria]

From a cmd prompt type

Tracert 194.119.131.66

Tracert Adobe.com

Post results

 

[arnoldus]

C:\Documents and Settings\XPMUser>Tracert 194.119.131.66

Tracing route to cns1.uk.vianw.net [194.119.131.66]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.123.254
  2     8 ms    13 ms     8 ms  178-116-192-1.access.telenet.be [178.116.192.1]

  3     8 ms     7 ms     9 ms  dD5E0CA22.access.telenet.be [213.224.202.34]
  4    10 ms    11 ms    11 ms  dD5E0FA75.access.telenet.be [213.224.250.117]
  5    10 ms    13 ms    10 ms  4.68.72.17
  6    17 ms    21 ms    16 ms  ae-2-3212.edge6.London1.Level3.net [4.69.141.250
]
  7    17 ms    15 ms    17 ms  CLARANET.edge6.London1.Level3.net [212.113.9.106
]
  8    17 ms    15 ms    16 ms  tengige0-0-1-0-t6-ar14.router.uk.clara.net [195.
157.3.106]
  9    16 ms    15 ms    15 ms  cns1.uk.vianw.net [194.119.131.66]

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\XPMUser>Tracert Adobe.com

Tracing route to Adobe.com [193.104.215.58]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.123.254
  2    76 ms     7 ms     9 ms  178-116-192-1.access.telenet.be [178.116.192.1]

  3     9 ms     8 ms     8 ms  dD5E0CA22.access.telenet.be [213.224.202.34]
  4    10 ms    10 ms     8 ms  dD5E0FA75.access.telenet.be [213.224.250.117]
  5     9 ms    11 ms     9 ms  4.68.72.17
  6    16 ms    16 ms    16 ms  4.69.167.228
  7     *       19 ms    15 ms  4.69.167.228
  8     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  9     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 10     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 11     *        *        *     Request timed out.
 12    31 ms    30 ms    36 ms  redirect-du1.adobe.com [193.104.215.58]

Trace complete.

 

[samuria]

That shows you get out ok and shows DNS is working so what error do you get have you tried other browsers the problem is XP only runs old browsers which won't work on some sites can you reach any site?

 

[arnoldus]

Indeed!
I kept trying my 'usual' websites, but after your comment I could access mozilla and download Firefox, which works!
Something is broken with HTTPS in IE somehow.

 

[samuria]

Xp and the ie that came with it is 18 years old and doesn't understand a lot of the modern web

 

[mrjimphelps]

Years ago I had a friend who had XP, and he had huge problems trying to surf with IE, so much so that I couldn't even download Firefox from his computer. I went to another computer and copied Firefox to a CD, then installed it from the CD on my friend's computer. After I did that, he was able to surf the web with no problems when he used the Firefox that I installed.

I never could figure out why he couldn't surf with IE; I suspected malware, but virus scans revealed nothing.