Connection Refusal- But I have a connection!

[Ariamaki Risenki]

Using a Dell pre-fab box, Windows XP, IE 6, and Mozilla Firefox- latest.

I am experiencing this difficulty-  I am able to use Mozila fine (as evinced by me currently being able to post) but IE is unable to find my connection, as is anything else MSoft on my computer.  The error when I attempt to repair is
"Unable to clear DNS"
The only reason this problem is bothering me (I don't use IE) is that I recently recieved a Beta permission for a game, and the games downloader/updater only uses IE to connect... Which, although everything else works fine, keeps me from accessing what I need.  Does anyone have a way that I can get a full re-install of IE from somewhere other then MS, or another solution to this problem?

Thank you for your time,
Ariamaki

[dl65]

Ariamaki Risenki......Are you using a proxy server setting ........because that could well be the problem .


dl65  

[Ariamaki Risenki]

I was using Privoxy and its proxy set-up, but I stopped months ago and reverted the relevent settings... No problem there...

[dl65]

Ariamaki Risenki.....I'm thinking that somewhere in your settings there is an ip address that was changed when you were using the proxy ...and you have forgotten to change it back....... This condition would explain why you can get to things using an alternate browser , but IE
will not work for you .

dl65  

[Ariamaki Risenki]

That's the thing!  Neither one contains an IP reference, at least not a changable one, and I erased both Proxy settings...

I am going to try gonig through a different Proxy, see if that will fix it...

It isn't even recognizing my connections existance inIE though...

[dl65]

Ariamaki Risenki...... Set your proxy to automatic ......

dl65