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From: Boris 
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Subject: Can't Browse After FreshInstall
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:32:50 -0000 (UTC)
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This is a Dell E510, 32 bit, which came with the OEM (Orange) "Windows 
Media Center 2005 Edition with Update Rollup 2".  At some point in it's 
life, Windows 7, and then Windows 7 Ultimate was installed (upgrades).  
Things went south after that, and the machine was put into storage for 
about a year and a half.

Last night, I decided to resurect the machine, and do a fresh install of 
the original XP Media Center,

Here's the problem.

Internet Explorer 6 was installed.  When launched it takes me to 
www.MSN.com, and I can click on the links on that page, but I have to 
stay within the MSN domain.  If I try to go elsewhere, such as 
www.google.com,, I get "You are about to view pages over a secure 
connection...and if I hit OK, I get "The page cannot be displayed...". 

Using cmd.exe, I can ping yahoo, google, etc., and I get proper IPs.

Also, I set up Outlook Express 6 and I can access all my email just
fine. 

This must be a browser problem (IE 6), but I can't reach Windows Update
to get it upgraded.  

Any way to install a browser on a USB drive and use to reach Windows 
Update?  Other ideas?

Thanks
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