Annoying internet problem

[bigdurv]

Hi guys, this is my first post on this site and I hope you can help. I have just got a new laptop (as part of a free deal with a mobile phone) its a fujitsu siemens running vista home basic. I have a hp laptop running vista premium which I have no problem with. The laptop is connected wirelessly via a n1 belkin router. The problem is I can get onto msn homepage, yahoo homepage, ebay homepage but none of the page links work on any of the pages, I just get the cannot connect screen. I have set all my internet options to the same as the hp laptop but to no avail. I do have 2 more pc's which my sons use with no problem. The new pc has Norton antivirus on it and a norton phishing filter which I have disabled at the moment. Hope someone can help me.

 

Cheers

Dave

[RandyL]

All other things being equal It might be the Temporary Norton Suite. Possibly the firewall or possibly just Norton being buggy.

 

Try disabling temporarily every aspect of Norton.

[bigdurv]

Thanks for the reply, I deleted all the pre installed norton and re installed the full version that I have and it seems to have done the trick. Thanks once again for the help and the quick reply.

 

Dave

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Good stuff Dave

 

If you are not running any other form of Anti Virus consider perusing what we think are very good.

 

http://extremetechsupport.com/forum/malware-removal-av-firewalls-etc/3597-free-pc-help-recommended-security-products.html

 

In my opinion Norton is utter crap.

[RandyL]

If you are still running Norton and choose to remove it beware. Whether you uninstall it via add/remove in the control panel or with the Norton Removal tool things may go wrong so backup everything first.

 

Personally I don't like Norton as I have had many problems the one time I did have it on a trial basis with Vista.