Network Issue
 

Network issue in new install windows 7+ SP1. Using VB-6.1.6 on Slackware64-current.

This is literally my first look at windows 7.

I have network set as NAT, IE8 shows protected mode is on. I can get msn.com, & nothing else. It seems to be working off some list of allowed sites, but I can't add to them.

Windows firewall seems to be letting nothing in or out. If I try a site, it says "diagnosing netwrork problem… & goes out to lunch :(

Does pinging an external IP address work? How about nslookup?

Yes, pinging works. Linux is fine, a Win10 VM is fine (but it overloads this sucky box). Win 7 can ping router and internet.

nslookup also works. I personally feel it's an IE8 thing.

I also stuck in the output of 'route print -4' which should give me the IPV4 routes, and it seems fairly good, although I know squat about what a NAT route should look like. It's in the attached photo, which I hope is good enough. There seems to be routes to 255.255.255.255 via both "interfaces" it uses.

I had another go at it, managed to nobble UAC, and IE8 now says Protected Mode is 'off' but I still only get msn & bing:banghead:

Is there a possibility to install IE11 on it?

Yeah, I suppose. But it's the usual catch-22. The shared folder isn't showing. To get something I have to throw it in as a file instead of the cdrom. I can't just d/l it. I will delete and try another version, as I'm seriously (next word inserted by Censor) annoyed with this version. Frankly, it makes windows-3.11 look good.