well, i feel like a nub asking this. but i cant get anything that requires the internet to connect. the programs launch fine, but are unable to connect, firefox, thunderbird, gaim, pidgin, miranda, none of them work. i turned off my firewall but that didnt help. all apps on my hdd work fine. suggestions are much appreciated.
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you may have a proxy that is configured that is keeping you from connecting to the internet.
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im connecting from my home network.
If you use IE, is there a proxy specified in your Internet Settings; if you use FF, is there a proxy specified in Options » Advanced » Network?
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nope, everything is set to default. direct connect to internet. thats why im so confused.
are there any firewall settings? Which firewall do You use? Your firewall should ask / inform You about an app trying to connect. If it doesn´t You might have blocked the ports in the general settings, so no splash will show up.
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the firewall was not running. i use zone alarm, but it was shut down prior to installation and during use.
https://portableapps.com/node/8327, and if You try a search like "zone alarm and firefox" You´ll get a lot of stuff about Your trouble.eg http://forums.zonealarm.org/zonelabs/board?board.id=access
EDIT : a small hint about the sense of personal firewalls
http://img109.imageshack.us/my.php?image=windowsfirewallyr6.jpg
Malware from Your flash drive takes the short way over the hedge, only "safe apping" will draw a barbedwire fence around your PC.
Some firewall/antivirus programms even work when You simply shut them down.Check the config settings for Portable programms, set them to allow, else set the security level of Your firewall to the lowest level, that might help.
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install FF then take all of the ff files and stick it into the FF dir of FFP
btw
FF = firefox
FFP = firefox portable
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