Odd cable connection problems

[Spicoli]

Having problems with my home PC. I'm using Win98 and I'm using a comcast cable connection. I'm having problems using the actual connect. I can't use internet explorer, instant messaging programs, and can't connect to a number of different multiplayer games. I can however ping everything with both IP address and the domain name. Anyone have any ideas on what the problem could be? or what I should try?

[weazel]

can you browse to an ip address? do you have a firewall installed? What os are you running? Are you using a router? are you unable to browse in just IE or have you tried Netscape? See if hardcoding your DNS servers to your nic make a difference.

[silencio]

You may want to try re configing IE. Goto tools/internet options/connections and run setup again.

Just a thought..

[gutted]

winsock reg key?

Try uninstalling TCP/IP then reboot.
Then delete Winsock2 reg key and reboot.
Then reinstall TCP/IP.

You'll probably find that some app (probably file sharing app of some sort) has overwritten Winsock with it's own version.