1) Go to start, run, cmd, OK 2) After Cmd opens type this:- netsh winsock reset catalog --press enter 3) and again after pressing enter netsh int ip reset reset.log 4) Reboot!!!! Go to Internet Explorer Tools Internet Options Advanced Tab Reset Internet Explorer to Default. Once I did this, everything worked like a charm. Hope this helps someone. In XP: Control panel -> internet options -> connections -> LAN settings, then uncheck the box marked "use a proxy server for your LAN" http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6ADAF000-E2AA-4EAF-81F4-6AF385768280&displaylang=en