problem with internet explorer

**philip augustus** · October 23, 2006, 04:36 PM

I'm having a weird problem with my internet I can play some games online, but when I try to go to internet explorer the pages dont load also I just bought battlefield 2142 and for some reason it says there arent any servers while if I load up battlefield 2 there a lot of servers.

**Shaun** · October 23, 2006, 05:57 PM

Switch to fire fox.

**philip augustus** · October 24, 2006, 08:07 PM

How exactly do I do that?

**Aristocrat** · October 24, 2006, 08:13 PM

Try checking your firewall settings, check for spyware and malware (download spybot Search and Destroy and Adaware), and scan for viruses.
Also, if this is a very recent thing (happened today for example), after doing the above (and I say after as doing all the above cant hurt you anyway), try resetting your web settings to defaults.

On BF2142, if you can connect to the EA Master Server then you should be able to see game servers, it really sounds like a firewall issue to me, as in the game may not be allowed to access the internet.
Of course....your area may not have any game servers....you dont happen to live antartica do you?

**philip augustus** · October 25, 2006, 03:41 PM

live in michigan and I dont think I have any antivirus things installed, but whats weird is that the servers on battlefield 2 are working, but on battlefield 2142 it shows no servers.

**Aristocrat** · October 25, 2006, 06:31 PM

Originally Posted by philip augustus

live in michigan and I dont think I have any antivirus things installed, but whats weird is that the servers on battlefield 2 are working, but on battlefield 2142 it shows no servers.

Hmmm, windows firewall isn't blocking BF2142 is it?, try adding BF2142 to it's exceptions list (or turn the firewall off for a bit for testing).

If it's not that maybe you have a hardware firewall on your network or on your motherboard (in other words make sure there are no firewalls at all...it doesn't sound like you have any but better safe than sorry after hours of wasted time doing other stuff).

Did you scan for spyware and stuff anyway? (Download SPybot Search and Destroy, Adaware, AVG antivirus (all of which are free), update them and then scan your system).
If you want a free firewall get zonealarm, I had it but got rid of it when I found I was turning it off all the time to play games online.

On the internet explorer thing...maybe security settings for IE, or (if you find out you have one) a firewall. (or spyware, virus, malware).