WinXP: Internet browsing doesn’t work on any browser!

Windows XP sometimes experiences problems, when applications do not uninstall properly, in install improperly. This results in internet browsing to stop working, and chances are your TCP IP stack or Winsock registry entries are corrupt.
Use these tools to fix them up and make sure you reboot straight after!
http://www.xp-smoker.com/freeware.html
http://download.cnet.com/XP-TCP-IP-Repair/3000-2094_4-10410929.html
Cheers, josh

Internet Explorer – Repair Browsing problems

I have found the following solutions fix internet browsing issues, when using Internet Explorer.
Reset IE7 / IE8 – http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/06/12/628499.aspx
Add “c:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe” to the Firewall Exceptions Rule
The following commands need Command Prompt with Administrative privaledges:
ipconfig /flushdnsnetsh winsock reset catalognetsh int ip reset reset.log
Disable any addon’s you don’t need.Disable any toolbars, that you don’t need.
Run [...]

Internet Explorer 8 Issues

So Internet Explorer 8 isn’t working probably. It’s probably your fault, but that’s ok, we should be able to get things sorted.
Check out this link and check to see if you have installed any incompatible software packages.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/dd441788.aspx
Cheers, josh

Troubleshooting Internet Explorer crashes

Is Error Reporting turned on? This will tell you what module caused the crash, so that you can turn it off, or search for a solution.
Are you logged in with a administrator account?
Have you tried viewing page in Compatibility mode?
a. Open Internet Explorer. b. On the Tools menu, click Compatibility View Settings. c. In the [...]

Repair Internet Explorer 8

Repair Internet Explorer by Re-registering it’s DLL files in Windows XP. Just create a batch file and execute!
regsvr32 /u /s urlmon.dllregsvr32 /u /s mshtml.dllregsvr32 /u /s shdocvw.dllregsvr32 /u /s browseui.dllregsvr32 /u /s jscript.dllregsvr32 /u /s vbscript.dllregsvr32 /u /s scrrun.dllregsvr32 /u /s msxml.dllregsvr32 /u /s actxprxy.dllregsvr32 /u /s softpub.dllregsvr32 /u /s wintrust.dllregsvr32 /u /s dssenh.dllregsvr32 /u [...]

RE: Repair Internet Explorer

Go to C:\windows\inf\
Right Click on ie.inf and select INSTALL
You will need to find the i386 folder, or the iexplore.* files to continue.
This will replace the Iexplore files and fix the browser.