Recent content by daproudpinoy

Took the opportunity to get a new hard drive while i was at it. Just performed a clean install and things are working beautifully at the moment. I'm about to manually create a restore point. All problems are gone. I'm guessing some of the junk I had back from my upgrade was limiting me somehow...

Trouble, I've already uninstalled all firewall software and windows IE is the only internet explorer left. I can't get google chrome to connect to the internet to reinstall it. I think I am going to do a clean install. I'll let you guys now how it goes. Thanks for the help.

I ran a clean boot according to the instructions found in the above link. (Disabled start-up items and non-Microsoft services) I had the same result. It's my understanding that none of the start-up programs or non-microsoft systems are preventing my programs from accessing the internet. I'm...

Thanks for the pointer. I'll give it a shot and let you know what I come up with.

Can anybody possibly shed some light onto whether I'm looking at a hardware problem or if it's a settings issue or conflict? Is there some more information I can provide so that someone can better grasp what's going on with my machine? In the meantime I'm going to start uninstalling my programs...

I use Trend Micro Internet Security 2010. I have added permissions for both Trend Micro and Windows Defender, but even when I disable both firewalls, I am still unable to connect to the internet with certain programs.

Upgraded from Vista 64-bit to Windows 7 64-bit Home Edition. Google Chrome and Internet Explorer have internet access but pretty much nothing else will connect to the internet. Itunes store, AIM, Trillian, any gaming clients that require patching...etc. My attempts at troubleshooting: I have...