Since I was having a little problem with my laptop shutting down when I played Star Craft 2, I decided to load it on to my desktop and play it there. I use Firefox on my desktop, and Chrome on my laptop. I rarely, if ever, use Explorer....the only reason I even have it on my computers is that the program we used in school last year required it to work properly.
I loaded SCII, but I manually loaded th code it needed, as every time I clicked on the link a WE window opened, and said it couldn't connect. So I started trying to fix the wondows connectivity issue, as I knew it wasn't a problem wiht the actual internet connection....Firefox and Chrome had no issues.
I rest the connection, I tried using the wizard that pops up....with o luck. WE cannot find a web page.
Here is the log that the wizard generated:
Last diagnostic run time: 07/31/10 15:01:06 Network Adapter Diagnostic Network location detection
info Using home Internet connection Network adapter identification
info Network connection: Name=Local Area Connection, Device=Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=LAN info Network connection: Name=Local Area Connection 2, Device=Linksys NC100 Fast Ethernet Adapter, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=LAN info Network connection: Name=Local Area Connection 3, Device=Linksys EG1032 v3 Instant Gigabit Desktop Network Adapter Driver, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=LAN info Network connection: Name=1394 Connection, Device=1394 Net Adapter, MediaType=LAN, SubMediaType=1394 warn This machine has more than one Ethernet or more than one Wireless adapter info Redirecting user to support call
warn HTTP: Error 12029 connecting to www.microsoft.com: A connection with the server could not be established info HTTPS: Successfully connected to www.microsoft.com. info FTP (Passive): Successfully connected to ftp.microsoft.com. warn HTTP: Error 12029 connecting to www.hotmail.com: A connection with the server could not be established error Could not make an HTTP connection.
All the time Firefox and Chrome, and even WE on my laptop, connect with no problem at all.
Anyone have any ideas? SCII needs patches, but keep asking me over and over if I want to download it. I think because it automatically tries to use WE to connect it is freezing up.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I am downloading IE 8 and will install it in hopes of fixing this problem. Any other ideas?
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Searching around, it seems the most common cause of this problem is too much/overprotective antivirus-type software. What are all the antivirus-like software you have installed?
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Spybot, MalwareBytes, Windows Defender; for antivirus I use AGV!
(Avast is on the laptop, my mistake)
Posted by fugu13 (Member # 2859) on :
Also, quoting someone's suggestions from elsewhere:
quote:Open Internet Options, Connections tab, click "Lan Settings" button, deselect all.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I did that, fugu, and it worked. Between the updated IE8 and changing the lan settings, which for some reason were on proxy server, I can connect now.
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