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Posted 12 December 2005 - 05:15 AM
hi everyone,i'm new to this forum and i'm just hoping that i can get a little help.
i've been on the net for 12 months,and have always used I.E.[because i didn't know any better],but i've noticed that everyone seems to slag I.E. off badly.so i decided to try another browser.
i downloaded firefox without any problems,it told me it was now installed and so i opened firefox.
unfortunately,although the page does open,it just says in the lower left corner that it is looking for www.bbc.co.uk [the page i set to make sure it could find something].i've also successfully downloaded OPERA and AVANT browsers with exactly the same results.
i'm running windows SAP home and using norton internet security 2005.i think that norton is the problem,but if it is,i'm not sure how to correct this.
any help would be greatly appreciated. thx.
i've been on the net for 12 months,and have always used I.E.[because i didn't know any better],but i've noticed that everyone seems to slag I.E. off badly.so i decided to try another browser.
i downloaded firefox without any problems,it told me it was now installed and so i opened firefox.
unfortunately,although the page does open,it just says in the lower left corner that it is looking for www.bbc.co.uk [the page i set to make sure it could find something].i've also successfully downloaded OPERA and AVANT browsers with exactly the same results.
i'm running windows SAP home and using norton internet security 2005.i think that norton is the problem,but if it is,i'm not sure how to correct this.
any help would be greatly appreciated. thx.
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hi animal,thx for the reply.i've just visited the link you kindly left for N.I.S. unfortunately i haven't resolved the problem yet,although there did seem to be quite a few options left to try.i've just downloaded the avant browser but just got the same problem [detecting proxy settings]but not loading any pages.the first solution i tried from norton was.....tools>internet options>advanced>and then clicking use HTTP1.1 through proxy connections.i don't actually know what this means,but i tried it anyway.
