"Address Not Valid" error in IE

Can anyone tell me the source of and fix to Internet Explorer displaying "address not valid" when typing an IP or URL in the address bar?

I know I have a routable internet connection because PING and TRACEROUTE tests are both successful to "www.yahoo.com".

This error even displays when trying to reach my router's default gateway IP.

Thanks in advance!!!

jayro

 

I have the exact same problem on my new computer.
Since I liked the beta of Windows 7 so much I installed Windows 7 RC 64-bit.

After the install (with only ATI drivers) I get the same message when I try to open different Internet url's. A dutch forum (http://tweakers.net) works like a charm. But every search engine I know, doesn't. (Yahoo, Google, Bing.)

I've tried the RC version of Windows 7 and the 7201 build, both have the same problem..

 

Hi Bart_NL......

I haven't found a solution to this issue. As you can see from the lack of posts to this, there's NOT much info out there on it. Good luck to us both.... LOL!!!

Please do let us know here at Major Geeks if you come upon a solution.

Cheers!!!

jayro

 

Got it!!

In my case (with Windows 7 64-bit build 7201) it was temporarily solved when I disabled the Windows Firewall. Since I'm behind a NAT Router I don't need a firewall so I left it off.. One day later the problem re-occured and I replaced my DNS server with one of OpenDNS.

The combination of the disabled firewall and the openDNS server solved my problem.

Don't know what the reason for the problem was, but everything is working now.

 

Thanks Bart!!! Excellent info.


Regards.....

jayro

 

In my case there was no temp junk because I had the problem on a completely clean install. My ISP is the dutch cable provider Ziggo, but somehow I don't think that's the problem, because my older Windows XP machine was working perfectly.