LIFE wrote:

hackenslash wrote:and promptly broke my internet connection (even other browsers wouldn't work).

That doesn't sound like a browser issue though?
Barking up the wrong tree, maybe?

I agree, although my description of the circumstances is accurate. Perhaps the new installation dicked around with something in my registry. The wireless connection said it was connected, but I couldn't actually connect.

Check if a proxy got set somewhere, and make sure your DNS settings didn't get corrupted

hackenslash wrote:

LIFE wrote:

hackenslash wrote:and promptly broke my internet connection (even other browsers wouldn't work).

That doesn't sound like a browser issue though?
Barking up the wrong tree, maybe?

I agree, although my description of the circumstances is accurate. Perhaps the new installation dicked around with something in my registry. The wireless connection said it was connected, but I couldn't actually connect.

On what operation system are you? If you're on Win XP you could try WinSockFix
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/Netw ... kFix.shtml
Run it and click on fix, make sure to make a Registry backup before that (the tool has a button for this).
It'll refresh all TCP related settings on your machine.

Report back if it helped.

Thanks dude. I'll try that when I have time to be without my lappy for a few days, just in case. I only have a few days off work, and have a lot of catching up to do here and on other fora.

Appreciated.