"Connected" but can't browse!!??!!

[alasdairhouston]

Hey.

I'm running XP. My taskbar and ISP technician both say i'm connected to the internet on my ADSL, USB modem. However, I can't browse, update software, use P2P program or send mail. Have tried disabling anti-virus, firewall; fiddling with DNS, proxy, and all that stuff. The ISP technician was stumped. Any ideas?

 

[Peddant]

Have you checked all of these- http://www.dslreports.com/faq/1453 ? This file is relevant to suggestion no.9- http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html

 

[Samstoned]

have you deleted or had trouble with file sharing program
like kazaa
as mentioned there is a fix for this
winsocfix and there was another one, name eludes me at moment ah now I remember
lspfix.zip