Ok to begin I had a virus or two, i got rid of all of them. Now when i try to open IE7 or firefox they just sit there, they don't even open up and say "page cannot be displayed".
This is what i've already done
-run multiple virus scans, spyware scans
-ran and "fixed" stuff with ccleaner
-rebooted multiple times
-lowered firewall
*when i install ie6 from the cd, it works fine, and all the other comps in my house connect fine. it appears that i have a connection, but the browsers just don't launch.
i used command prompt to ping websites, they were successful.
So basically i think theres something missing in the registry that the browsers need to use to launch.
i can't reformate and reinstall xp pro, too much data to backup and nowhere to store it. (over like 50gigs)
so, is there a way to 'repair/reinstall' the default registry files? anything relative like that possible?
This is what i've already done
-run multiple virus scans, spyware scans
-ran and "fixed" stuff with ccleaner
-rebooted multiple times
-lowered firewall
*when i install ie6 from the cd, it works fine, and all the other comps in my house connect fine. it appears that i have a connection, but the browsers just don't launch.
i used command prompt to ping websites, they were successful.
So basically i think theres something missing in the registry that the browsers need to use to launch.
i can't reformate and reinstall xp pro, too much data to backup and nowhere to store it. (over like 50gigs)
so, is there a way to 'repair/reinstall' the default registry files? anything relative like that possible?