Iexplorer doesnt work

[teulk]

Ive just set a new account up on my g/f laptop and it has administrator privilages, when i try and connect to the internet iexplorer just seems to hang with a tab saying "connecting". The email works ok just not internet explorer so im guessing ive got some setting wrong somewhere. I dont even get the page sayng that my setting could be wrong - if you the page i mean....... thanks in advance. I think it ie7 thats on the laptop

 

[teulk]

Have you checked the proxy settings to see if its trying to detect one?

If you go to Tools/Internet Options/Connections/LAN Settings and then make sure no boxes are ticked (unless you need a proxy for some reason).

I've had it before where the computer is trying to automatically find out its proxy settings and just sits there doing nothing.

First thing i checked - non checked

 

[teulk]

Can you ping google.co.uk when logged on as her?

If not whats the ip address given in the ping.

Everything runs fine on my g/f account, and yes i can ping google from her account

 

[teulk]

Yeah ive actually just finished installing FireFox and that works fine so i guess its IE that has the problem on the second account

 

[teulk]

Thanks i will give it a try, tbh i prefer FireFox anyway but id also like to have IE working too. Will let you know if it works.

 

[teulk]

Yup the reset worked - thanks for the help