Internet explorer doesn't work

My Win98 pc is connected to the internet via a Netgear wireless router. Last
week I installed Norton Internet Security. Since then, Internet Explorer just
says page cannot be displayed.

The strange thing, is that from the Dos Prompt I can ping ip addresses and
website names succesfully. If this was a DNS error I would expect to be able
to ping ip addresses but not websites.

What gives?

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Hoof Hearted had this to say:

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My Win98 pc is connected to the internet via a Netgear wireless
router. Last week I installed Norton Internet Security. Since then,
Internet Explorer just says page cannot be displayed.

The strange thing, is that from the Dos Prompt I can ping ip
addresses and website names succesfully. If this was a DNS error I
would expect to be able to ping ip addresses but not websites.

What gives?

Well, I'd guess that it's likely NIS blocking IE from accessing the
internet. Check to make sure that it's set to allow IE access. How? I have
no clue. I'd say read the manual but it's usually just as productive and
more fun to press buttons and look around that way. (I'm not kidding. I
never read the manual until after I've played with almost every setting.
It's not the most productive method but it does teach one the in's and out's
of the application fairly well.) The only Norton product I allow near my PCs
is an old Norton Ghost application that I use for cloning drives. I'd wager
the firewall functions in NIS are blocking your IE though, at least that's
what it sounds like to me from what you've said.

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

I should have mentioned that even with NIS disabled, I still can't make IE
work. I was wondering if this is a winsock error. But I would know how to
track it down.

In ,
Hoof Hearted had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

I should have mentioned that even with NIS disabled, I still can't
make IE work. I was wondering if this is a winsock error. But I would
know how to track it down.

You can/should check that. Here's a link that might help, it says httpS but
should be the same process to re-install TCP/IP regardless:

Err Msg: Cannot Open Internet Site Https://Web Address...:
http://support.microsoft.com/support.../Q188/7/73.asp

Galen
--

"And that recommendation, with the exaggerated estimate of my ability
with which he prefaced it, was, if you will believe me, Watson, the
very first thing which ever made me feel that a profession might be
made out of what had up to that time been the merest hobby."

Sherlock Holmes

I've reinstalled TCP/IP and it still doesn't work. Let me explain the problem
a bit more...

This pc is connected to a Netgear ADSL Router. I can browse to the router
setup screen but no further. I have two other pc's connected to this router,
and they work fine. I can ping web addresses from the command prompt. It's
got me really stumped.

In ,
Hoof Hearted had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

I've reinstalled TCP/IP and it still doesn't work. Let me explain the
problem a bit more...

This pc is connected to a Netgear ADSL Router. I can browse to the
router setup screen but no further. I have two other pc's connected
to this router, and they work fine. I can ping web addresses from the
command prompt. It's got me really stumped.

Well it could be a winsock problem, this page has some information and
options:

http://www.bu.edu/pcsc/internetaccess/winsock2fix.html

Galen
--

"But there are always some lunatics about. It would be a dull world
without them."

Sherlock Holmes