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Firefox can't connect to the Internet on my Vista laptop even though IE can; is Microsoft erecting some obscure barrier to cometitive browsers.

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jhaysom
jhaysom

I have installed Firefox 5 on my somewhat antique laptop running Vista. Firefox starts up and runs fine; it just can't connect to the Internet so I'm forced to use IE (e.g. to send this query). I suspect that there's some obscure setting somewhere in the system that's blocking Firefox's access to the Internet.

I have installed Firefox 5 on my somewhat antique laptop running Vista. Firefox starts up and runs fine; it just can't connect to the Internet so I'm forced to use IE (e.g. to send this query). I suspect that there's some obscure setting somewhere in the system that's blocking Firefox's access to the Internet.

Chosen solution

-> Tap ALT key or press F10 to show the Menu bar

  • go to File Menu -> unselect Work Offline

Firefox cannot load websites but other programs can

Firewalls

Check and tell if its working.

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Hasan
Hasan

Chosen Solution

-> Tap ALT key or press F10 to show the Menu bar

  • go to File Menu -> unselect Work Offline

Firefox cannot load websites but other programs can

Firewalls

Check and tell if its working.

jhaysom
jhaysom Question owner

Yes, it was a firewall (Zone Alarm) that was the problem. It was out of date anyway and seemed to lurking inaccessibly in the background so I just uninstalled it.

Thanks.