Internet Explorer problem kinda solution

[corrie206]

Somewhere there was a thread about someone complaining that they could not surf the web in IE, even though they were connected to the internet.

I have the same problem, but I use FireFox (WAAAAAYYY better...) which works fine and decided that I would give up on trying to upgrade my OS (in this case, Windows 2000)

Some solutions said reinstall Win2000, but I really could not do that, because this is my work computer and can't afford to take it of for that period of time.

Long story but I have found a way, which made me pretty excited , use Firefox or whatever, but open our microsoft update page in Windows Explorer (START -> Right click -> Explore), for some reason that works.

Anyway, this may help somebody, thought I'd drop this post.

Cheers!

 

[RealBlackStuff]

I don't think that is the solution. You are still using IE, only the IE page displays inside a Windows Explorer window.
Back to the drawing board....
As long as you use IE only for updates, you are fine. For everything else there is Firefox (or Opera or Mozilla).

 

[corrie206]

yep....

Yes, know its not solution, but at least I can now update Win2000. Thanks!