• Can't Browse After FreshInstall

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    Subject: Can't Browse After FreshInstall
    Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:32:50 -0000 (UTC)
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    This is a Dell E510, 32 bit, which came with the OEM (Orange) "Windows
    Media Center 2005 Edition with Update Rollup 2". At some point in it's
    life, Windows 7, and then Windows 7 Ultimate was installed (upgrades).
    Things went south after that, and the machine was put into storage for
    about a year and a half.

    Last night, I decided to resurect the machine, and do a fresh install of
    the original XP Media Center,

    Here's the problem.

    Internet Explorer 6 was installed. When launched it takes me to
    www.MSN.com, and I can click on the links on that page, but I have to
    stay within the MSN domain. If I try to go elsewhere, such as www.google.com,, I get "You are about to view pages over a secure connection...and if I hit OK, I get "The page cannot be displayed...".

    Using cmd.exe, I can ping yahoo, google, etc., and I get proper IPs.

    Also, I set up Outlook Express 6 and I can access all my email just
    fine.

    This must be a browser problem (IE 6), but I can't reach Windows Update
    to get it upgraded.

    Any way to install a browser on a USB drive and use to reach Windows
    Update? Other ideas?

    Thanks
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    Subject: Re: Can't Browse After FreshInstall
    Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:45:52 -0000 (UTC)
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    Boris <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in news:XnsA6DC615B9B13Dnospamnospaminvalid@213.239.209.88:

    This is a Dell E510, 32 bit, which came with the OEM (Orange) "Windows
    Media Center 2005 Edition with Update Rollup 2". At some point in
    it's
    life, Windows 7, and then Windows 7 Ultimate was installed (upgrades). Things went south after that, and the machine was put into storage for
    about a year and a half.

    Last night, I decided to resurect the machine, and do a fresh install
    of
    the original XP Media Center,

    Here's the problem.

    Internet Explorer 6 was installed. When launched it takes me to www.MSN.com, and I can click on the links on that page, but I have to
    stay within the MSN domain. If I try to go elsewhere, such as www.google.com,, I get "You are about to view pages over a secure connection...and if I hit OK, I get "The page cannot be displayed...".

    Using cmd.exe, I can ping yahoo, google, etc., and I get proper IPs.

    Also, I set up Outlook Express 6 and I can access all my email just
    fine.

    This must be a browser problem (IE 6), but I can't reach Windows
    Update
    to get it upgraded.

    Any way to install a browser on a USB drive and use to reach Windows
    Update? Other ideas?

    Thanks


    Aportable version of FireFox worked. I can now browse.
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