This one puzzles me...
The Windows 8.1 with the latest patches, wireless connection...
In desktop mode, IE11 gives the standard error message of "Unable to connect... check your internet connection..." error message. Jumping to the command line and starting some basic troubleshooting seems to indicate that there's no internet connection. Ping to the wireless gateway and IP address of 8.8.8.8 works just fine. On the other hand, doing a DNS lookup results in "unable to access the server..." error message. While it seems to indicate DNS error and/or connectivity issues, it's not.
In the Metro/Start interface, starting up the IE works just fine; internet pages load as they should. At the command line issuing the "ipconfig /displaydns" shows all of the current name resolution for the websites visited via the Metro interface.
Normally, entering the IP address for one of the websites browsed in Metro in to the desktop version of IE should load the content of the website, but it does not. :shock:
This is not my system and scanned it with Malwarebyte anti-malware that came up empty. Disabled Norton internet security, but that didn't help either. There are nothing suspicious on this system, pretty much a stock end-user system with MS Office 2010. Speaking of which, links in office documents result in the same "Unable to connect to the internet..." error message.
Connecting to another wireless access point didn't help either, Metro IE worked and desktop version didn't.
Anyone has an idea what's going on?
TIA...
The Windows 8.1 with the latest patches, wireless connection...
In desktop mode, IE11 gives the standard error message of "Unable to connect... check your internet connection..." error message. Jumping to the command line and starting some basic troubleshooting seems to indicate that there's no internet connection. Ping to the wireless gateway and IP address of 8.8.8.8 works just fine. On the other hand, doing a DNS lookup results in "unable to access the server..." error message. While it seems to indicate DNS error and/or connectivity issues, it's not.
In the Metro/Start interface, starting up the IE works just fine; internet pages load as they should. At the command line issuing the "ipconfig /displaydns" shows all of the current name resolution for the websites visited via the Metro interface.
Normally, entering the IP address for one of the websites browsed in Metro in to the desktop version of IE should load the content of the website, but it does not. :shock:
This is not my system and scanned it with Malwarebyte anti-malware that came up empty. Disabled Norton internet security, but that didn't help either. There are nothing suspicious on this system, pretty much a stock end-user system with MS Office 2010. Speaking of which, links in office documents result in the same "Unable to connect to the internet..." error message.
Connecting to another wireless access point didn't help either, Metro IE worked and desktop version didn't.
Anyone has an idea what's going on?
TIA...
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8.1
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell Latitude
- CPU
- Intel i5-3350P (3.1 GHz)
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte
- Memory
- 16 GBs
- Graphics Card(s)
- AMD Radeon HD7850
- Sound Card
- Built-in to MB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 2 x 24" Dell
- Screen Resolution
- 3,840 x1,200
- Hard Drives
- 128 GBs, OCZ Vertex, SATA III SSD
256 GBs Intel SATA III SSD
3 x Seagate 1 TBs HDD
- PSU
- Antec 750W
- Case
- Antec P185
- Internet Speed
- 50 Gb/s
- Browser
- IE11, Firefox22.0
- Antivirus
- Vipre
- Other Info
- Works, most of the times unless Microsoft patches decide otherwise...