network with vista x64 business

[jagdpanther]

As of recently, I have been having problems with network connectivitiy.

when windows starts up I am told that windows live messenger has issues and is shutdown and that windows client is having issues and is shut down.

IE7 x86 version cannot detect the proxy server and when I close it I am told it has issues and is shut down, usually followed by an error saying that Dr Watson has issues and is shut down.

IE7 x64 is fully functional however. I tried firefox thinking it's an IE issue but firefox also has the same problem as IE7 x86.

I can no longer seem to access other computers on the network though I can still detect them.

I think it's something to do with network settings as that was what I was fiddling with just prior to these issues cropping up.

Any ideas or is it time to do a reformat? If there is anyway to avoid the reformat that'd be really really really really really really nice

thanks

[jagdpanther]

Finally solved.

Tried upgrade repair but didn't work. did some more searching it turns out NOD32 IMON had gone haywire for some reason causing all the issues. turning it off solved problem with IE