I had been using Windows 7 for a while now and then one day I booted up into it and bang IE 8 would not connect to the internet, what the heck. No matter what i tried it would not connect. I check all my settings and my network, I could connect to any computer on my network and the Network Sharing Center showed it connected to the web. I tried setting IP addresses and resetting my router, but nothing worked in IE 8 to connect.

Windows update worked fine, Anti-Virus updated fine along with everything else.

I downloaded FireFox and it worked fine. HHHHHMMMMMMM

I figured out why IE 8 wasn’t connecting to the internet and  have solved the problem, hopefully.

Control Panel > Network and Internet > Internet Options > Connections tab > LAN Settings >

Put a check mark in the box “Use a proxy Server for your LAN…”

Don’t worry about an IP address, at least i didn’t and it worked for me.

I don’t know if this is the cause of everyones problem, or even if this is a permanent fix, but try it, it may be your fix.

Also, I cannot figure why IE 8 worked fine on Windows 7 when it was first Installed, then just stopped working..

Hope this helps.

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I had been looking for a good Disk Partition software to use that would work with a (RAID O) Drive setup, and well after a little investigating, I came upon this program called  “EASEUS Partition Manager 3.0 Home Edition”. I installed it and gave it a try, well now it is very simular to Partition Magic, but this Home Version is a Free Ware program. They also have a “Professional and Server Edition” Which most of us will not have any need for. It worked perfectly, I have a Set of WD Drives 160 GB each set on a RAID O setup, at first I was a little skepticle, but it never failed me, worked like a charm, I added a 80 GB partition with no problems using Windows XP Pro.

Instructions below:
1. I  had first to shrink my main partition to allow an 80GB unalocated partition space.

2. I then applied the settings and rebooted my PC to make sure it was ok.

3. I then formatted the unalocated 80GB space as NTFS, smooth as a whistle.

4. Rebooted to finish and all was just fine no problems.

After checking the program out some more, I found that you can use the graphical layout to just slide the edge of the box contianing the partion around to resize, of move it from one place to another and then click apply and it will do its job.

DOWNLOAD EASEUS Partition Manager 3.0 Home Edition Here.

I have 3 video tutorial links below to show basic usage.

Video (1) how to make unallocated space to use for an extra Partition.
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#1. Click Here to View the Video Tutorial
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Video (2) how to format and assign a drive letter to the unallocated Space.
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#2. Click Here to View the Video Tutorial
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Video (3) how to mount Windows 7 beta ISO and start the install using Daemon Tools
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#3. Click Here to View the Video Tutorial
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Click here to view how to install Windows 7 Beta using Daemon Tools instead of burning it to a DVD.

In Outlook 2007, go to Tools > Options > Other  tab at top…

Click on the Advanced Options button.

uncheck the “Show prompts for Instant Search” and then click OK .

WoW! No more annoying instant search prompts!

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WATCH THE VIDEO TUTORIAL HERE
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