help!! page cannot be displayed

[SCRYED]

what happened was

My IE stopped browsing so I tried system restore and it worked again. After 2 days Everytime I go to a website it keeps telling me the PAGE CANNOT BE DISPLAYED. I tried going to system restore and It wont allow me to restore. It always tells me that no Changes were made.

I tried

sfc /scannow
reinstalled TCP/IP
reinstalled Winsock
reinstalled Network drivers
changed NIC
reinstalled IE using ie.inf
ran chkdsk /r on the recovery console
scanned for viruses (none found)
scanned for spyware (found 1; not critical)
Even did a repair - install of windows

Everytime I try to ping a website it always says host not found.
I know all the settings I have is correct and I know my Internet connection is fine since Im using a different computer right now on the same network.

any more ideas before I reformat? I really dont want to solve this problem by just reformatting.

[puccini]

What firewall are you using? Have you checked its settings?

[glc]

Can you ping an IP address on your network (the internet gateway or router or another workstation)? Can you ping 127.0.0.1?

[hristo1976]

hi have problems with IE and Opera cannot open any page
the internet connection is fine icq is working yahoo messanger and skyppe also working but cannot open pages
please help
i check no viruses
no spywear

[SCRYED]

sorry for the late reply. I ended up reformatting the computer (sigh). anyways just to answer your questions, I'm using sygate personal firewall.

and

If I'm in a network I can ping all the computers but not websites.

I know I dont have a problem right now since I reformatted, but I dont want to reformat my PC everytime I encounter that problem. Any ideas?

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hristo1976: Are u using XP? if you are, try:

look for the folder windows/inf/ and look for ie.inf. (show hidden files at the option). Right click then click install. (note: you must have your XP cd)

try system restore. start ->programs->accessories->systemtools-> system restore or

[giuseppe]

What happens when you turn off the firewall? I had a similar problem (though it was intermittant) and turning off the firewall would allow me to access the web. Ultimantely I got rid of that firewall.