Weird problem with I.E.

[king244]

link doesnt work for me

[jason2074]

Right-click your IE icon on desktop and run without add-ons and try again. Were you able to access? If not, try booting to safemode with networking.

[soybean]

Take a look at your hosts file to see whether it has an entry for microsoft.com.  Reference: http://allthingsmarked.com/2006/08/28/howto-block-websites-using-the-hosts-file/

[patio]

I could be wrong here Soybean...but if it were a Hosts file entry wouldn't all browsers be blocked ? ?
Firefox and Opera work properly...

[jason2074]

If the OP cannot access Microsoft websites OR any Antivirus websites its possible also that the PC is infected by a Conficker Virus.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/conficker.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962007

[soybean]

I could be wrong here Soybean...but if it were a Hosts file entry wouldn't all browsers be blocked ? ?
Firefox and Opera work properly...

Yes, an entry in the Hosts file would block all browsers.  But, in his last post, he said:

... then realized i couldnt get to any microsoft sites using ANY browser......

[truenorth]

Which could mean that the browsers DO function but NOT to Microsoft sites. truenorth

[patio]

If the OP cannot access Microsoft websites OR any Antivirus websites its possible also that the PC is infected by a Conficker Virus.
http://www.microsoft.com/security/pc-security/conficker.aspx
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/962007

I mentioned this in Post #3.
And again in Post #12.

He never stated if he updated and ran all scans...

[king244]

Which could mean that the browsers DO function but NOT to Microsoft sites. truenorth

this is true


also, i havent run any scans.....
also, there is no choice to "run without add ons"
ie version 6.0.2900.2180

[patio]

You need to update IE to a newer version that your ver. of Windows supports...this actually may be the core of the issue.