Firefox and Netscape browsers work, but not IE, Safari or Chrome after NIS install

When we updated to NIS a few weeks ago, all browsers except Firefox and Netscape stopped working.  They try to open their home pages, but cannot connect.  Also, I think our just installed Skype program is being affected.

 

Please let me know what further information you need to know as I am pretty clueless.  I know the NIS version is 17.1.0.19.

When we updated to NIS a few weeks ago, all browsers except Firefox and Netscape stopped working.  They try to open their home pages, but cannot connect.  Also, I think our just installed Skype program is being affected.

 

Please let me know what further information you need to know as I am pretty clueless.  I know the NIS version is 17.1.0.19.

I use Windows XP.

 

I performed the reset and then changed the Program Rules settings and neither helped when I did them.

for the browsers that do not work, what is the home page that they are trying to access?

What did you upgrade from?

How did you do the upgrade?

IE, Chrome, Messenger, Skype and a few other programs can have the same problem

Open IE and on the menu: "Tools", "Internet Options"
 
Select the "Connections tab",
Depending on your connection type Make sure it is unchecked /unticked in both the "settings" button and "LAN Settings" button,
 
 UNCHECK / UNTICK, "Use a proxy server for your LAN" or "Use a proxy server for this connection...................."
  Click OK both windows.
 
You may have to have "Automatically detect settings" checkbox ticked. 
 
Restart the program(s)
 
From Within Chrome
 
Adjust your proxy settings
 
Click the "Tools" menu.
Select "Options".
Click the "Under the Hood" tab.
Click "Change proxy settings". 
 
The it's the same as above from "connections" tab onwards.
 
Quads 

Quads!  Yes!  I got IE to work using that!  I will check Chrome when I can.  Do Safari and Skype have similar settings to change?

I just know there are a group of programs that actually use the "Network Connections" settings like IE, Chrome, MSN Messenger (WLM), at least the older versions of Skype ......... can't remember them all, don't know about Safari.

 

But that is why sometimes People state programs like above don't work, but Firefox does.

 

Quads 

I guess all I had to do was change the IE settings and it caused everything else to work without having to change their settings, too.  Thank you so much, Quads!

The settings you actually changed are in the Control Panel

 

Control Panel, Internet Options, Connections tab............................................

 

I looked it up Safari link to the same settings.

 

Quads