Right click on your desktop and select properties. Go to the Desktop Tab and select 'Customise Desktop.' Select the Web Tab and then delete everything there except the 'My Current Home Page' option.
Hit the apply button and then ok out.
Download winsockfix from http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/N...nSockFix.shtml and run it.
Reboot when done and try connecting to the web again.
Everything seems to be working normally. I can't thank you enough for the time you've taken to help me. It's amazing to me that there are folks like you on the web to help schlubs like myself. How can I repay you? Contribute to the site? Buy you a meal? End all war? Please let me know! Thanks again!
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