I recently came into possession of a Dell computer running WIN XP Home and currently has Inernet Explorer 6 installed.
After a short period WIN update wants to install several of the latest updates and IE7.
Before IE7 my internet connection (cable) works fine. After I install IE7 I can’t connect. I also tried installing the latest version of Firefox with the same result.
I have uninstalled all anti-virus and firewall software that I’m aware of with the exception of Windows Firewall. I’ve been to the MS support website and at their suggestion tried turning off the “add-ons” one by one to see which might be causing the problem and tried disabling services through MSCONFIG to no avail. I switched NIC cards, that does not seem to be it.
The error message in the diagnostic points to HTTP, HTTPS and FTP ports as if they might be firewalled somwhow.
Any ideas or feedback on what I might do next or what may be causing this?
