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    Not able to access google or bing via webbrowser

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by banjodido, Oct 20, 2014.

  1. banjodido

    banjodido Notebook Guru

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    Hey folks,

    needed to set up a Lenovo L440 after HDD failure. Freshly installed Win 8, upgraded to 8.1. Installed missing drivers, Avira and Chrome, A fresh new installed. And then I got the problem that I can't access Google or Bing, the search engine ixquick can be reached for example :confused:, also any other webpage. But not google or bing :( . The error code is the following: "ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED".
    Did a complete Scan in Safe mode with Avira and Malwarebytes, nothing. The problem persists when using IE.
    I really don't get it, anybody an idea how to fix this?
    Thx, banjo
     
    banjodido, Oct 20, 2014
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    killkenny1 Too weird to live, too rare to die.

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    In IE try putting proxy detection in auto. I had something similar. That fixed it for me.
     
    killkenny1, Oct 20, 2014
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  3. banjodido

    banjodido Notebook Guru

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    I tried changing the auto config setting, but nothing works. There is some ip address inserted which I tried to change as well, but it always changes back.

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    banjodido, Oct 20, 2014
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    Sorry to ask you this, but did you restart IE after changing proxy settings.
     
    killkenny1, Oct 20, 2014
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    banjodido Notebook Guru

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    Yes, I tried restarting IE as well as the tlaptop. Seems like something is blocking any changes.

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    banjodido, Oct 21, 2014
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    Dragnoak, Oct 21, 2014
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