IE7 on XP x64 that doesn't like WWW.

[Guest Nigel s]

Been having a problem for a while now and MS hasn't come up with any

solution.

3 machines on a P2P network. 2 x XP x64 and 1 x XP Pro x86, all worked well

together for 6 months then the x64 machines couldn't contact automatic

updates or google. all connect to the net via cabel broadband and a router

tried to connect manually got to the site and tried to retreive the updates

got an error. tried to troubleshoot the error but couldn't find it for XP.

Some websites will connect first time others not at all.

I pinged Google.co.uk got the http address, entered it in IE7 and went

straight to the site, entered http://www.google.co.uk and it gave me a "cannot

display that page" error tried the Http address again, straight through.

won't connect to Microsoft.com at all.

the x86 box is working fine.

any ideas???

 

Nigel s