Cannot Download From Microsoft

I bought Vista a few days ago and i've been unable to get this issue fixed.

My issue is that i'm unable to connect to download.microsoft.com to download
certain updates or other things off of their website. Here is an example
screenshot when attempting to download the validation tool from Microsoft's
website.





As you can see, this error occurs in both Firefox and Internet Explorer 7.

Initially i thought it was something wrong with Microsoft's servers, so i
got a friend of mine to send me the DirectX Web Setup utility. It also failed
to connect to Microsoft servers.

I've tried allowing Firefox in my firewall exceptions, and disabling my
anti-virus, but that didn't fix it.

The odd thing is that in Windows XP, i can connect to Microsoft servers and
download anything from their websites, however in Vista i cannot.

I'm currently only using NOD32 as my anti-virus.

Hopefully someone can help me out.

Thanks.

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Yes i have this same problem its driving me nuts i thought it was the
servers too but its not. I need .net framework 3.5 and there are no
mirrors ive searched google up and down. So if someone can figure this
one out id greatly appreciate it. THanx


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