Hi friends, I'm expereienceing a strange problem, Im running Vista SP1 in HP pavilion 6284 Turion laptop. My Av is Avast and im have comodo firewall installed. Earlier I was connecting to net via Wireless modems Linksys and was working fine and now i moved my residence and the provider gave Wi max modem connected to my laptop thru RJ 45 ethernet cable. Now the problem is, the pages are not loading in IE/FF/Chrome when connected directly to the net, At the same time when Im connecting Gtalk it is connecting and is able to chat or when i click on email notifications its logging into gmail (via Chrome) as well. Also I can do VOIP calls when connected directly but not able to browse. BUT......... when i use a proxy (I normally use Ultrasurf) internet is working fine, without any problems xcept in downloading via Flashget... I'm getting some unsecured wireless network and when i access that I can browse without any problems When connected thru wired modem in network sharing centre I can see 2 conenctions .. 1 - Broadband connection with Local & Internet access and 2 Un identified network with limited connectivity. I called my ISP call centre to get some sort of help, they checked IP config, ping etc and all are working fine. What cud be the reason for this and how can I connect normally because I dont want to connect thru proxy for banking purposes etc??Thanx in advance.........Play cool...........

Hi, Thank you for posting. At this time, lets try the following to narrow down the issue: 1. Please ping some websites with its URLs to see if it works. 2. Since you have multiple connections, please disable the one which is not in use. 3. Please boot the system to Safe Mode with networking to see if it works. 4. Please perform a Clean Boot to check the issue. Clean boot ================= 1) Click the Start Button type "msconfig" (without quotation marks) in the Search box, and then press Enter. Note: If prompted, please click Continue on the User Account Control (UAC) window. 2) Click the "Services" tab, check the "Hide All Microsoft Services" box and click "Disable All" (if it is not gray). 3) Click the "Startup" tab, click "Disable All" and click "OK". Then, restart the computer. When the "System Configuration Utility" window appears, please check the "Don't show this message or launch the System Configuration Utility when Windows starts" box and click OK. NOTE: we can go back to normal boot by running msconfig again and checking on Normal Startup in the General tab. In the Clean Boot Environment, the third party services and applications are disabled, please check if the issue reoccurs at this time. If the problem does not occur, it indicates that the problem is related to one application or service we have disabled. You may use the MSCONFIG tool again to re-enable the disabled item one by one to find out the culprit. Since Gtalk, Gmail, VOIP work well when connected directly to the Internet, the connection should be fine and the issue may be related to your ISP settings. Therefore, to resolve the issue in a effective manner, it is also recommended that you contact your ISP and see if they can help you adjust the settings regarding the issue. Hope the issue can be resolved soon. Thanks. Nicholas Li - MSFT