Civ 4 causing problems with website connectivity?

[Sightburner]

The title is the best possible way to explain this in one line - sorry if it doesn't make much sense ;-)

So my problem is an odd one, and I haven't seen its like anywhere else, despite a LOT of searching online. I just purchased a new laptop (HP DV6-2190us) with Win 7 on it. Everything seemed to work fine, adjusted the system to my liking, installed programs, etc....

Then, I went to go online. While I could connect to most sites without a problem, some (Civfanatics & Adobe.com the most prolific) would no longer load at all, giving me a "Unable to connect, check your firewall, etc." message every time. After hours of trial and error, I finally uninstalled Civ4, and went online - both pages loaded perfectly fine. Reinstalled Civ4 - couldn't load either page.

So apparently, this has something to do with the Civ install. I've tried installing it without Xfire or Comrade, tried removing it from the firewall exceptions list, etc. - and I still can't connect to those pages while it's installed (And let's face it, being able to access civfanatics without being able to play is just torture, lol).

So...anyone have any thoughts? I'm completely lost at this point. :-(

~S~

 

[zeroblackstar]

I am unaware how installing civ4 could be responsible for your issue, seems more like a coincidence. I would check your browser settings and any other software you have installed that would block websites etc

 

[Sightburner]

My thoughts exactly - but it's the only variable that seems to have any effect. Thanks for the reply.

~S~

 

[Lambert Simnel]

The fact that you were able to connect to some sites and not others would seem to suggest it wasn't an additional block placed on your firewall (and who blocks port 80 anyway?).

My best guess would be something up with your router's web connection which conincided with installing Civ. If you're sure that it's Civ,then try installing it again, and then before running it, validate your internet connection. Then run Civ 4, and again validate your internet connection. That should at least let you know whether it's something in the Civ install which is causing the issue, or something when running the game (?!), or nothing to do with Civ at all.

 

[Lemon Merchant]

It might be that silly GameSpy (I think it's GameSpy) nonsense that you can opt into when you install. I never do that sort of thing. I've never had any issues on any machine where I have Civ installed.