Thanks, Robert. Norton 360 was the culprit. I removed it and the Norton
update program and IE worked immediately. I am also finding some of the
programs I would normally use a lot have to be reinstalled to work properly.

"Robert L. (MS-MVP)" wrote:

> It may be a security software. This troubleshooting page may help.
>
> Vista Internet Access IssuesVista can’t access the Internet because of
> TCP/IP settings Vista can't access the Internet because of security software
> Vista drop the Internet connection ...
> www.chicagotech.net/vista/vistaieissues.htm
>
>
> --
> Bob Lin, MS-MVP, MCSE & CNE
> Networking, Internet, Routing, VPN Troubleshooting on
> http://www.ChicagoTech.net
> How to Setup Windows, Network, VPN & Remote Access on
> http://www.HowToNetworking.com
>
>
> "AHB" <AHB@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:37A784A0-9BE7-4E29-8FB7-B98F6B6F998C@microsoft.com...
> >I just upgraded from Windows XP Pro to Vista Ultimate. When I run Internet
> > Explorer, or any other program that tries to connect to a www page, it
> > fails.
> > When I click on the diagnose option on the resulting error page, I get
> > this
> > message "www.msn.com is not set up to establish a connection on port
> > "World
> > Wide Web service (HTTP) with this computer." I tried all of the repairs
> > listed on the resulting help page which is very basic. I also became
> > familiar
> > with how Vista appears to handle networking and internet access. I
> > compared
> > my ipconfig listing with ones I found in various help blogs or sites and
> > it
> > appears it is connected ok. I get email ok, although I had to do a few
> > minor
> > repairs. I can't find any mention of the error on Microsft or the listing
> > here. Any suggestions?
>
>