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    Strange Problem with P6860FX...

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by gtd2000, Apr 1, 2009.

  1. gtd2000

    gtd2000 Notebook Consultant

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    I've noticed a rather strange problem with Internet Explorer on my laptop.

    After an unknown period of use IE7 won't connect to web pages - everything else, MSN, Yahoo, Skype and Firefox etc continue to work perfectly.

    To re-enable IE7 I have to reboot the pc and it all works fine again then at some point the web pages will time out.. :confused:

    It's not a big deal really, as I simply switch over to Firefox when that happens but it is annoying :cool:

    Any ideas?
     
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    Daggs Newbie

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    Shotguning here:

    Disable your firewall and see if it persists.
    Check port forwarding for your router (if applicable).
     
    Daggs, Apr 1, 2009
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    gtd2000 Notebook Consultant

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    I believe I'm just running windows firewall and would assume (I know that can be a mistake) IE7 would be automatically OK'd?

    I'll certainly give it a go this evening though ;)
     
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    Well I disabled all firewalls and the problem still exists - probably need to repair IE7 or suchlike?

    I'm having some issues with TF2 as well, getting connection timeouts on certain servers..
     
    gtd2000, Apr 2, 2009
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