kobby

I am not aware of any other ad blockers on my HD apart from what win XP/SP2 provides. I also use Firefox alongside IE. I don't know if that is causing any conflict.

I use both IE and Firefox browsers on my laptop. Ever since I updated Win XP from SP 1 to SP2 I have been receiving the error message below in the left column of my Firefox screen whenever I try to open a web page: "Your internet connection is experiencing problems or your network administrator has blocked Gmail chat. Learn more" I also don't get images any longer. I only see blank spaces where the images should be. Initially I thought it was from my network administrator (I am on a network at the office) but realised that the same thing happens even at home where I switch my laptop to a dial-up ISP. I am not using Gmail Chat. A Gmail forum user offered the following answer: "Microsoft made many changes to security with SP2. eg SP2 turns on the Windows Firewall by default, and changes the default settings for which ports are blocked etc. It's generally tighter than before. I don't know how Gmail chat uses ports etc, but I guess this is what is happening here." The above hardly solves the problem! Can anyone offer any assistance to really solve the problem???