My computer won't allow me to access google or my hotmail account. Can anyone tell me why? Please help!?

The internet explorer is the latest edition. I have tried to type www.google.com in the url and also tried to access it by doing a web search and clicking on the link. Everytime, it seems like it times out and won't open it up. I know its not google because I have a laptop that has no problems going to the site. I also have an issue opening up my hotmail account. I can access the login screen, but it will time out while trying to log in. Have been having these problems for about 2 weeks now. I have ran anti-virus and spyware programs and tried re-booting. Also tried cleaning up the system and cache, browsing history, and cookies. Can anyone help, or have some advice as to what might fix this issue?





I have tried turning off the firewall, and i dont have a proxy server, whatever that is? I have cable internet at my home. I have ran mcafee antivirus, AVG antivirus, and Adware spyware programs. Nothing has shown up. I have checked the properties of IE and can't figure out what is wrong
My computer won't allow me to access google or my hotmail account. Can anyone tell me why? Please help!?
Try using additional web browsers (such as Firefox, download at www.firefox.com) to access the page.





Something may have been corrupted in your Internet Explorer 7 download or installation, but this is quite a weird case. Check to see if these are the only two sites IE is blocking. Also, try running IE with all the extensions off. To do this, right click the shortcut you use to open IE, click Properties, and go to the Shortcut tab. The Target distination should look something like this:





"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe"





At the end of this, add "-extoff" (without the quotes) one space after the last quote in the link. It should now look like this:





"C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe" -extoff





Click OK, and use the edited shortcut. If you are now able to access the previously blocked sites, an extension installed into your browser is disabling them. I would then suggest downloading and reinstalling IE from a different source that is extension-free (such as from Microsoft's site, at http://tinyurl.com/2cx7m).
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Reply:mmm..It could be you using many security softwares so hotmail account might take time and give you an error message.


As you said you have internet explorer 7 this might have been an issue as the new ie might have errors try restoring your computer.





Or if you want an easy way out try disabling all your security antivirus,spam pop blocker and many more including your IE security settings to a minimum.
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