No Internet Browser Works Properly

I recently did a fresh install of Windows 8 on a separate partition. It works perfectly - except that none of the internet browsers are working properly and most of the metro apps that involve grabbing data from the internet stay stuck at the loading screen.

Internet Explorer 10 can't go online (when I type in a url, it searches in my recent history - and I obviously have none because it never goes online), Mozilla Firefox 7.0.1 loads and goes online but stops responding once I try to download something, and Chrome 14 simply stops loading and gets stuck on some urls with the spinning loading circle and a blank page.

I can't download or access anything from Windows Update (it stays stuck at the "Downloading from Windows Update"). I can't even log into my Windows Live account, as it stays stuck at the loading page. BitTorrent still works.

I suspect the problem to be somewhere in my internet configuration or access files, but how do I find it and solve it? What other information can I provide?

I'm on an Acer Aspire Timelinex 5830TG-6659, running Windows 8 on a separate partition from my main operating system, Windows 7 Professional x64.

Edit:

To install Windows 8, I downloaded the Windows 8 iso from the Microsoft site, used Windows USB/DVD Download tool to put it onto an 8 GB flash drive as a bootable, then restarted and installed it on a separate partition that I'd created using Disk Manager in Windows 7.

I'm connected to the Internet through my university's secured wifi network.

How did you install 8 and how are you connected to the internet/home network?

To install Windows 8, I downloaded the Windows 8 iso from the Microsoft site, used Windows USB/DVD Download tool to put it onto an 8 GB flash drive as a bootable, then restarted and installed it on a separate partition that I'd created using Disk Manager in Windows 7.

I'm connected to the Internet through my university's secured wifi network.

I would try to reinstall using the setup.exe found in the Source folder.

Tried reinstall from setup.exe in Source folder - no effect. I still can't download anything; Internet Explorer 10 and Metro apps still don't work.

What is the status of your wifi adapter and ipconfig /all ? And what Antivirus or Firewall progs are you using?

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.8102]
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C:\Windows\system32>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : hexa
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Hybrid
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . : ********.ca

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi 2:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft Virtual WiFi Miniport Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : DE-AF-78-05-3E-91
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : *********.ca
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR5B97 Wireless Network Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : CC-AF-78-05-3E-91
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::dc6:d8c7:2e6c:717d%13(Preferred)
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 172.21.61.63(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.252.0
Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : Wednesday, October 19, 2011 11:45:47 PM
Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : Thursday, October 20, 2011 2:26:33 AM
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 172.21.60.1
DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 129.97.128.9
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 214740856
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-2F-EA-B6-B8-70-F4-8B-F3-DC

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 129.97.2.1
129.97.129.10
129.97.2.2
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Ethernet adapter Wired Ethernet Connection:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Con
troller (NDIS 6.30)
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : B8-70-F4-8B-F3-DC
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::3d3d:945c:f9ee:f8ad%12(Preferred)
Autoconfiguration IPv4 Address. . : 169.254.248.173(Preferred)
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
DHCPv6 IAID . . . . . . . . . . . : 347631860
DHCPv6 Client DUID. . . . . . . . : 00-01-00-01-16-2F-EA-B6-B8-70-F4-8B-F3-DC

DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : fec0:0:0:ffff::1%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::2%1
fec0:0:0:ffff::3%1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Enabled

Tunnel adapter isatap.*******.ca:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : *******.ca
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Teredo Tunneling Pseudo-Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

Tunnel adapter isatap.{C03EE706-1B81-4393-967F-3E24B9228402}:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Microsoft ISATAP Adapter #2
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-E0
DHCP Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes

My wifi adapter allows me to access the internet through Mozilla Firefox and Chrome still, and I can still torrent files over my wireless connection. I recently went in and installed all the driver software for my laptop to see if that would fix anything, but no response. And it still keeps prompting me for .NET Framework 3.5.1...

NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled ?

Can you screenshot tcp/ip, in advance, what are your settings?

One should always disable NetBios over Tcpip except in very particular circumstances.

Mine is Enabled, what circumstances if i may ask mike.

Only when you have legacy computer applications relying on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetBIOSNetBios.

If you don't have 'em, disable NetBios over Tcpip.

It sounds to me like your internet connection is OK can you download updates to windows?
Go to Control Panel, Programs, Turn Windows features on or off and check that Microsoft .Net Framework 3.5.1 is enabled

What virus control/ firewall do you have, go to the settings of your antivirus program and disable the firewall. After that open your Action center and it will require you to enable windows firewall (enable it and try to connect to internet)