I can only connect to the Internet through Internet Explorer.

[Tom Bluma]

I need help with fixing this. I can't use google chrome, skype, steam, spotify, etc.
I thought it had something to do with Microsoft Security Essentials, So I deleted it, and nothing fixed. I tried putting those programs to be a permitted program, and that didn't work either. I know it probably has something to do with the firewall. Please help. Thanks. -Tom

 

[Impmaster]

ew

 

[Dupontrocks11]

Try going into your firewall and putting the .exe's for those programs in the allowed programs list.

 

[Beachnative]

I always do the simple things first, turn off the firewall, then see if it works. If it does then you are hunting in the right direction.

 

[ZippyPeanut]

When did all this start? Presumably at one point in time you were able to use these programs, right? You might need to do a simple system restore to a point in time before these problems started to occur.

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i7 3770K OC @ 4.2Ghz / ASRock Extreme 4 Z77 / evga FTW 670 2X-SLI / Creative SB Audigy SE PCI Sound Card / 32 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 / 128 GB OCZ Vertex 4 / 2 TB WD Caviar Black / 2 TB Seagate Barracuda / Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System / LG 14X Blu-ray R/W / Corsair 1000w PSU / AzzA Genesis 9000 full tower / Windows 7 Professional 64 / 144hz 1ms 24-inch Asus monitor

 

[Beachnative]

Great point Z, great point!!!

 

[Tom Bluma]

I always do the simple things first, turn off the firewall, then see if it works. If it does then you are hunting in the right direction.

When did all this start? Presumably at one point in time you were able to use these programs, right? You might need to do a simple system restore to a point in time before these problems started to occur.

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i7 3770K OC @ 4.2Ghz / ASRock Extreme 4 Z77 / evga FTW 670 2X-SLI / Creative SB Audigy SE PCI Sound Card / 32 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 / 128 GB OCZ Vertex 4 / 2 TB WD Caviar Black / 2 TB Seagate Barracuda / Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System / LG 14X Blu-ray R/W / Corsair 1000w PSU / AzzA Genesis 9000 full tower / Windows 7 Professional 64 / 144hz 1ms 24-inch Asus monitor

I've tried that, It stayed the same. Normally I would do a system restore, but I can't find the disk I put it on and I've downloaded way to much to lose. I could just download it again, but my connection isn't the greatest. (15Mb/s). I'm looking for a solution. Something I won't have to lose anything in doing.

 

[ZippyPeanut]

I always do the simple things first, turn off the firewall, then see if it works. If it does then you are hunting in the right direction.

When did all this start? Presumably at one point in time you were able to use these programs, right? You might need to do a simple system restore to a point in time before these problems started to occur.

-----------
i7 3770K OC @ 4.2Ghz / ASRock Extreme 4 Z77 / evga FTW 670 2X-SLI / Creative SB Audigy SE PCI Sound Card / 32 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 / 128 GB OCZ Vertex 4 / 2 TB WD Caviar Black / 2 TB Seagate Barracuda / Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System / LG 14X Blu-ray R/W / Corsair 1000w PSU / AzzA Genesis 9000 full tower / Windows 7 Professional 64 / 144hz 1ms 24-inch Asus monitor

I've tried that, It stayed the same. Normally I would do a system restore, but I can't find the disk I put it on and I've downloaded way to much to lose. I could just download it again, but my connection isn't the greatest. (15Mb/s). I'm looking for a solution. Something I won't have to lose anything in doing.

Hi, Tom.

A system restore should not require a disk of any kind and is generally a safe procedure. I've had to do it a few times in Safe Mode to get rid of ransomeware. Again, no disk is required. Here are instructions from Microsift: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/system-restore. Also, you can access System Restore through the Control Panel. Be sure to restore your system to a date before all this started with the understanding that you will lose programs and drivers that you have installed since the problems started. Other files should be OK.

 

[riahc3]

Can you ping google.com?
Can you ping 173.194.34.163?

 

[Tom Bluma]

I always do the simple things first, turn off the firewall, then see if it works. If it does then you are hunting in the right direction.

When did all this start? Presumably at one point in time you were able to use these programs, right? You might need to do a simple system restore to a point in time before these problems started to occur.

-----------
i7 3770K OC @ 4.2Ghz / ASRock Extreme 4 Z77 / evga FTW 670 2X-SLI / Creative SB Audigy SE PCI Sound Card / 32 GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 / 128 GB OCZ Vertex 4 / 2 TB WD Caviar Black / 2 TB Seagate Barracuda / Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System / LG 14X Blu-ray R/W / Corsair 1000w PSU / AzzA Genesis 9000 full tower / Windows 7 Professional 64 / 144hz 1ms 24-inch Asus monitor

I've tried that, It stayed the same. Normally I would do a system restore, but I can't find the disk I put it on and I've downloaded way to much to lose. I could just download it again, but my connection isn't the greatest. (15Mb/s). I'm looking for a solution. Something I won't have to lose anything in doing.

Hi, Tom.

A system restore should not require a disk of any kind and is generally a safe procedure. I've had to do it a few times in Safe Mode to get rid of ransomeware. Again, no disk is required. Here are instructions from Microsift: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/system-restore. Also, you can access System Restore through the Control Panel. Be sure to restore your system to a date before all this started with the understanding that you will lose programs and drivers that you have installed since the problems started. Other files should be OK.

I don't have a "system restore point".

 

[riahc3]

I don't have a "system restore point".

Lets start with simple things:

Can you ping google.com?
Can you ping 173.194.34.163?

 

[Tom Bluma]

I don't have a "system restore point".

Lets start with simple things:

Can you ping google.com?
Can you ping 173.194.34.163?

No, I cannot, I already tried that.

 

[riahc3]

I don't have a "system restore point".

Lets start with simple things:

Can you ping google.com?
Can you ping 173.194.34.163?

No, I cannot, I already tried that.

You can't ping either of those? Not even that IP? Thats odd.......

Open cmd and do a

ipconfig /all

Post the result here. Lets see what you got configured as your DNS server and your default gateway.