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From: Boris 
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
Subject: Re: Can't Browse After FreshInstall
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2016 17:45:52 -0000 (UTC)
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Boris  wrote in 
news:XnsA6DC615B9B13Dnospamnospaminvalid@213.239.209.88:

> 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
> 

Aportable version of FireFox worked.  I can now browse.
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