Apple Event: May 7th at 7 am PT
As part of my entry into iCloud, I've repeatedly downloaded Safari 5.1.1 to my Windows 7 PC and it will not connect to the Internet. Firefox, Chrome and IE all work fine, but Safari just whirs away forever, never connecting. And activating it seems to freeze up iTunes, preventing me from connecting to my iTunes account.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Windows 7
Try disabling anti virus software and turning off the Firewall on your PC.
Thanks for the swift response, but no joy.
Even with anti-virus and the firewall disabled, Safari won't run and iTunes now hangs up. No problems until this afternoon, when I began loading iCloud and Safari into my PC.
I'm stumped...
OK, through a full-court-press Google search, I think I figured it out.
The PC's winsock setting had to be refreshed, apparently due to some sort of conflict caused by the installation of iCloud and Safari.
For others, in Windows 7, click Start, then type cmd (hit control-shift-enter), then type "netsh winsock reset"
After a restart, you should be good to go.
Hi...I also was trying without success until I found the explanation written above... I tested this solution and it works!!!!! thanks a lot redhot47fl !!!!!
My pleasure, dmbernal. Really just passing on the hard work of others.
I'd be interested to know if this turns out to be an enduring solution for you. I thought it was on my end, until I did a PC restart, at which point the problem with Safari re-surfaced.
After killing another program - Spyware Doctor - and trying the winsock reset again, I seem to be having better luck. Also, it's possible that re-activing another browser (Firefox) and/or iCloud makes the problem return.
I'm still troubleshooting this on my end.
Hi redhot47fl ... I have restarted my laptop a few times now and the issue didn't re-surfaced... I hope you can find and enduring solution.
Regards,
Redhot , I just knew this would work for me because I was having the same issue and PC doctor. Yet it is still not connecting to the net.
Safari won't connect on PC/Windows 7
