I can browse everything from my IE9 64-bit browser (even windows update) and I am starting this question using the same computer I am having trouble with. DNS from a DOS prompt. My RPC service is working correctly (I think). I have no proxies enabled. I get the same result in normal mode or in safe mode with networking. I have run several AV programs but most said no issues and one said it found problems but it was just cookies. I have tried disabling my firewall.
IE9 32-bit and anything that connects thru the IE9 32-bit internet connection path doesn’t
reach the internet. When I try using the diagnostic program that pops up it says my connection is fine. I have tried reinstalling my Winsock, repaired my TCP/IP, and manually added exceptions into
my firewall but none of this has helped. I didn’t add any new programs, prior to it breaking. I did have Norton but when they tried to help me they had me delete the app and I lost the logs so I don’t know what virus initially started this mess. Initially I used system restore to try and fix this but it didn’t help. (went back two weeks)
Whatever is different between how IE9 64-bit and how IE9 32 bit access the internet is
the source of my problem. And other applications that connect the same way as IE9 32bit does also do not access the internet. One caveat to this is uTorrent. I changed an ini file and told the application the ip addresses rather than the DNS name and this worked. UTorrent was then able to access those two servers and downloaded the file I was trying to get. Also, when I ping, or use nslookup from a DOS prompt my DNS is fine. DNS apparently is not being passed to these applications correctly but it is working correctly with my IE9 64 bit browser (no other browser works, not Firefox, Chrome, or Safari. Also when I tried to fix my Asp.net 4.0 the error it gave me was:
WinHttpDetectAutoProxyConfigUrl failed with error: 12180
Unable to retrieve Proxy information although WinHttpGetIEProxyConfigForCurrentUser called succeeded
I have looked this up what feels like forever and engaged windows support but they wouldn’t help me without paying. There has to be someone out there that is smart enough to help me.
James
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