NO IE connection after removing Earthlink accel

[TurboMike]

I removed Earthlink acelerator and now when I dial up my ISP the brower just says it can't find the site. My MSN Messenger works, POP mail works, but cant pull up any websites. I've reinstalled IE 6 but no luck. I'm running 2000 PRO and still using dial up. Any ideas? BTW, I can dial up using my laptop and it works fine, it's problem isn't on the ISP end... HELP!

 

[JaakRandmets]

scan for adware/viruses/etc. and then install firefox

 

[Eltano1]

What happened is that you Winsock got corrupted when you removed the Accelerator (same happens with AOL), there is a program that works with XP, I imagine that it will also work with 2K, is called WinSockXP.

Good luck

Eltano

 

[PsharkJF]

google WinsockXPFix - run it

 

[TurboMike]

downloaded WinsockXPFix... no good.
reinstalled windows (not a clean install)...no good
reinstalled ie... no good
tried another modem... no good.
I'm stumped...

 

[Eltano1]

Did you try Firefox as JaakRandmets suggested?

Sorry about WinsockXPfix not working.

Eltano

 

[MrChad]

Check your IE proxy settings and make sure that the proxy is disabled. Many dial-up accelerators set up local proxies, and if this is the case your IE will need to be reconfigured after you uninstall the accelerator software.

 

[TurboMike]

Ok, I reinstalled earthlink accel and it works again, even though i can register onto it because i closed the account.

Where is the proxy setting?

 

[MrChad]

Should be somewhere under Tools / Internet Options / Connections.