Firefox 3 Proxy Server Refused Connection Problem

by Robin Malau on 05. Oct, 2008 in Geeky, firefox, internet

If you playing around with proxy stuffs without knowing wtf proxy is, you might end up to a problem like me. Suddenly, my Firefox rejecting to connect to the internet. What a frustration seconds. However, i found out that a proxy app i tried out earlier set my Firefox’s proxy to ‘manual’.

proxy server refused connection

To fix it out, simply click on (updated by reader Red on comment below) Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Settings. Then simply tick a ‘No Proxy’.

That’s it, enjoy Firefox and the internet.

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117 Responses to “Firefox 3 Proxy Server Refused Connection Problem”

  1. goblinbox 16. Oct, 2008 at 2:27 am #

    Thanks for the article!

    Reply
  2. Robin Malau 16. Oct, 2008 at 2:35 am #

    Hello Goblinbox, so glad if i can help.

    Cheers.

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    • samk 13. Sep, 2009 at 9:09 am #

      Thanks for your advice i fixed the proxy problem on your advice.

      Reply
  3. Arun 19. Oct, 2008 at 9:01 am #

    I did encounter the problem and fixed it with this article. Thanks.

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  4. Igsy 25. Oct, 2008 at 7:22 pm #

    TNX!!!!!!!!

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  5. tommy 29. Oct, 2008 at 7:02 am #

    yes but every time i restart Firefox the same thing keeps happening..?

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  6. Robin Malau 29. Oct, 2008 at 1:16 pm #

    Hi Tommy, you might need to try creating new PROFILE. This post has a detailed instruction oh how to create new Firefox 3 profile.

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  7. Chris 27. Nov, 2008 at 2:21 am #

    Hey thanks a million. My system had been down for 2 days and I googled to your fix. 2 minutes and sorted.
    Great. Bookmarking your page and will drop by often.
    Chris

    Reply
  8. Robby Patterson 27. Nov, 2008 at 3:45 am #

    Damn thanks your my hero….why doesn’t Foxfire have this in there help section offline….lol….keep rocking dude.

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  9. Robin Malau 27. Nov, 2008 at 10:18 am #

    Cheers @Chris & @Robby.

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  10. Jim 02. Dec, 2008 at 10:17 pm #

    thank you so much, you are a legend ;)

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  11. Robin Malau 02. Dec, 2008 at 11:33 pm #

    Glad it works for you Jim :)

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  12. Christie 17. Dec, 2008 at 4:23 am #

    !!!! Thank you !!!!
    I’ve gone without internet on that computer for 2 weeks now because I was too busy to stop and figure it out. But you’ve done the work for me. I appreciate your posting. Merry Holidays.

    Reply
  13. Experta 17. Dec, 2008 at 5:32 pm #

    Hey.. thanks a ton… the issue was driving me crazy

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  14. J.J. 17. Dec, 2008 at 11:27 pm #

    Thanks…this was of help!

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  15. matt 24. Dec, 2008 at 5:51 am #

    thanks mate my sister in law asked me to sort this problem for her. yours was the first post i saw. awesome. sorry but i took the credit lol excellent post tho.

    Reply
  16. mohamad 29. Dec, 2008 at 6:53 am #

    Thanks man
    you help me
    god help you

    Reply
  17. Oliver 18. Jan, 2009 at 8:16 pm #

    You Are A God Thanks

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  18. JOphil 22. Jan, 2009 at 1:31 am #

    thank you so much….

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  19. JWilliam 10. Feb, 2009 at 7:40 pm #

    Hey Robin – thanks this fixed my proxy problem but I have a new problem…”Failed to Connect.” WTF? I was just checking my email and Stumbling when it happened. Not messing with proxys, not changing any settings. Other computers are connected to the internet on the same server, whats the deal?

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  20. Robin Malau 10. Feb, 2009 at 11:49 pm #

    Hey JWilliam, glad it works for you but also sorry for your failed to connect. I think you should just check your network internet connection then.

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  21. Red 13. Feb, 2009 at 4:06 pm #

    Thanks, my freind did need this help! :)
    You missed one thing out thought
    It’s Tools > Options > Advanced > Network > Settings and then no proxy, you left out options ;)
    A big thanks to you!!!

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  22. Robin Malau 13. Feb, 2009 at 7:10 pm #

    Red, sorry. I fixed the post.

    Wonder why noone complains lol. Thanks mate!

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  23. Chris 17. Feb, 2009 at 6:22 pm #

    Thank you for the advice.

    Sherry

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  24. Nick 27. Feb, 2009 at 3:09 am #

    Thanks alot..had the same problem at work.

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  25. foxwozfukd 06. Mar, 2009 at 3:54 pm #

    THANKS A LOT :)

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  26. Adam R. 13. Mar, 2009 at 5:36 am #

    I was having the same issue until I read your comment. Thanks for the help. Firefox now works.

    Thanks again,

    Adam

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  27. Mr.N 17. Mar, 2009 at 8:00 pm #

    Thanks for help.You rock

    Reply
  28. Niwat 23. Mar, 2009 at 5:32 pm #

    Thank you very much.

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  29. lili 24. Mar, 2009 at 9:07 am #

    OMG THANKS MAN!!
    YOU SAVED MY LIFE =D!!!!!!

    Reply
  30. Susan 26. Mar, 2009 at 6:51 am #

    Thanks for sharing. I have used Firefox for well over a year with no problems on my Verizon Wireless broadband card. Then suddenly it stopped working mid session yesterday afternoon. I hadn’t “Played” with ANY settings. However, your “fix” works just fine! Thank you for sharing, I’m back in action! =)

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  31. abubacker 27. Mar, 2009 at 4:31 pm #

    thanks a lot habeebi……………

    Reply
  32. aghaey Herati 03. Apr, 2009 at 3:05 pm #

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    it means thatr u r so weet like candy can…

    shokran ya kebeer
    kollak 7arakat

    Reply
  33. aghaey Herati 03. Apr, 2009 at 3:07 pm #

    thanx alot
    u r de best of de best

    i have been searching for a solution

    and i found it at ur side at ur webpage

    Reply
  34. AMk 03. Apr, 2009 at 11:20 pm #

    Thanks a lot buddy :D

    Reply
  35. chellappan 06. Apr, 2009 at 6:51 am #

    Thanks

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  36. stonehead 15. Apr, 2009 at 3:43 am #

    Wow Im so glad for this posting I’ve missed firefox so much IE is pants!! thanks alot for this post!!!!!

    Reply
  37. Charlene 15. Apr, 2009 at 10:21 pm #

    I LOOOOVE YOU! you saved me. dang.

    Reply
  38. Robin Malau 15. Apr, 2009 at 10:50 pm #

    Love you too Charlene. Lol.

    Reply
  39. Shannon 16. Apr, 2009 at 3:28 pm #

    I OFFICIALLY LOVE YOU!!
    Thank you very much. I absolutely hate internet explorer, was near heartbroken when my fire fox was playing up. Cheers! x

    Reply
  40. Manny 25. Apr, 2009 at 12:27 am #

    Thanks a lot bro, this was very helpful!

    Reply
  41. Raja Rizwan 26. Apr, 2009 at 10:12 pm #

    Thanks!!!
    while reading this article i found the way out of this problem, thanks again!!!!

    Reply
  42. Awzee 27. Apr, 2009 at 10:27 am #

    Thanks Mate

    Reply
  43. RIZ 01. May, 2009 at 5:45 am #

    Thank You sooo much, its helpd sooo much, i can use facebook chat easier now! thanks ur a *!

    Reply
  44. Riz 01. May, 2009 at 5:46 am #

    Thank You soo mucj, ur a *!

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  45. Alysha 02. May, 2009 at 3:55 am #

    Thank you SO much!

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  46. b0b17o0 05. May, 2009 at 3:05 am #

    Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!

    Reply
  47. Nitin 06. May, 2009 at 11:43 am #

    Cheers!!! Thank you so much!!!

    Reply
  48. meme 08. May, 2009 at 12:46 pm #

    Thanks so much I was so mad!!! but you saved the day!!!

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  49. Benedict 08. May, 2009 at 4:09 pm #

    THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!

    I had no idea what I’d done and I was absolutely freaking out without internet connection for the past 2days coz I needed to meet crazy deadlines…then I found this,
    Just. Thank You so much.

    Bless you.

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  50. Erik 11. May, 2009 at 5:58 am #

    You are the best, many thanks, Hey, perhaps Firefox should consult with you about the simplicity of explaining!
    Thanks again!
    Erik

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  51. Robin Malau 11. May, 2009 at 6:04 am #

    Haha Erik that’s brilliant. I think it’s just as simple as that :D

    Reply
  52. Raina Van Cleave 11. May, 2009 at 10:32 am #

    I used to have tech support when I had job and now I just google everything. Thanks for the tip–it fixed FF for me during the recovery of my computer melt down! :)

    Reply
  53. JJ 12. May, 2009 at 6:08 am #

    Thnx buddy…thnx a loooot…!!!

    Reply
  54. ahmed 12. May, 2009 at 2:00 pm #

    Thanks bro, helped a lot.

    Reply
  55. Hyder 13. May, 2009 at 4:45 pm #

    Thanks. You helped alot.

    Reply
  56. Bryan 13. May, 2009 at 6:57 pm #

    You saved my ass. thanks so much. i was going to reformat my whole computer. thanks for the help

    Reply
  57. terry 17. May, 2009 at 10:20 am #

    ok when i do this , it then says cannot find rar file and i stiil cannot connect, also typing firefoxe.exe-profilemanager into the run box did nothing, it says i was refering to a location thAT doesnt exist?

    help

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  58. Zach D. 18. May, 2009 at 8:08 pm #

    thanks so much man. I heard that using a proxy server would let me use RapidShare a lot without it needing to make me wait, so ya this fixed it! Thanks!

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  59. HUNGFRAG 19. May, 2009 at 11:54 am #

    wickedly simple, cheers alot

    :)

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  60. apai 19. May, 2009 at 7:20 pm #

    thks so much..i can enjoy my internet now…..

    Reply
  61. arun showri 21. May, 2009 at 3:13 am #

    thnk u

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  62. Alexzarn 22. May, 2009 at 3:02 pm #

    DUDE thank you so much Ive got all my fav on firefox you are a G

    Reply
  63. Al 23. May, 2009 at 7:46 am #

    Thanks man, some virus reconfigured my firefox settings and having installed/uninstalled it a few times, I got frustrated. I had to google this through IE and finally got your site. This did the trick – thank for making my day and saving time as I though this is going to be a long fight. Thanks Again !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  64. Vutana 23. May, 2009 at 9:20 am #

    Thanks

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  65. Dhia 23. May, 2009 at 4:45 pm #

    thank you so much, you are really helpful.

    Reply
  66. Heather 27. May, 2009 at 4:21 pm #

    I think Firefox is great, but installed a new program and saw that same proxy message & no connectivity. Followed your instructions (number 1 on a google search!) and they solved the problem instantly! THANK YOU!

    Reply
  67. Mishap 28. May, 2009 at 4:27 am #

    FREAKING THANKS!!! THIS REALLY HELPED!!! ^_^ I couldn’t have internet for a few days if it weren’t for this!!

    Reply
  68. daveyjones 28. May, 2009 at 6:35 am #

    fixed mine also ! thanks a million

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  69. daveyjones 28. May, 2009 at 6:36 am #

    thanx worked perfect!

    Reply
  70. joshkarol 30. May, 2009 at 6:28 am #

    Hey, thanks for sharing. I tried that, but after I did that, I refreshed the page, and it says that the adress can not be found. And according to the icon on my taskbar, I’m connected to the internet. Please help me, this has been a problem on my computer for weeks. Other computers work, except for mine. What should I do?

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    • Robin Malau 30. May, 2009 at 6:39 am #

      @joshkarol Try change your browser, does it works?

      Reply
  71. joshkarol 30. May, 2009 at 6:48 am #

    No, it says the same for Safari, and Internet Explorer. Heres the EXACT problem.

    I’ve been having the same persistent problem with my internet connection. One thing, I’m not connected to the internet, since it says I am on the task bar. Then when I go to mozilla, it said that it refused proxy connection. Then I went to the settings, and chose No Proxy. Then I refreshed the page, and it said it couldn’t find the page. I’ve reseted the modem, and the router. I’m connected wirelessly, (PC) There are 3 computers in my household, and all but this one works. And another thing, my computer sends out packets, but never receives any. I even tried installing norton in case of a virus, but somehow, it uninstalls itself. So thank you to whoever can help me solve this long issue

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  72. nav 01. Jun, 2009 at 11:41 am #

    thanks so much

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  73. Meriem 02. Jun, 2009 at 11:51 am #

    You saved me!! Thanks so much! ♥

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  74. Meriem 02. Jun, 2009 at 11:52 am #

    By the way, here’s a link for how to fix it for Internet Explorer:

    http://helpdeskgeek.com/windows-xp-tips/internet-connection-problems-proxy-server-settings-messed-up/

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  75. C.R.I.$.I.$. aka Mr. Swagger 14. Jun, 2009 at 1:17 am #

    The answer by Robin Malau was really helpful. Cheers. It worked

    Reply
  76. Erica 14. Jun, 2009 at 8:55 am #

    THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!! I was getting frustrated and was about to cry!! That was simple, and also VERY helpful.

    THANK YOU!!!

    Reply
  77. g 14. Jun, 2009 at 8:43 pm #

    your the best man thanks alot!!!!!!!!

    Reply
  78. Han 15. Jun, 2009 at 12:43 pm #

    THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!

    Reply
  79. Grey 15. Jun, 2009 at 3:05 pm #

    thanks bro, fixed my problem in seconds!

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  80. Mark 15. Jun, 2009 at 7:44 pm #

    Thank you soooo much. Truly a smart man(or woman)

    Reply
  81. hitman47 18. Jun, 2009 at 7:34 pm #

    THANKS
    THAT WORKS FINE
    gr8 work…….

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  82. FixMaster 24. Jun, 2009 at 2:59 am #

    REALLY THX TO U..

    its save my time, actually i want to reinstall this firefox..but the hero come and save me..thx a lot

    Reply
  83. Angela 26. Jun, 2009 at 2:50 pm #

    Thanks so much!
    This really helped

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  84. BigMike 30. Jun, 2009 at 3:33 pm #

    I’m at a friends house. He has IE (which sucks). I downloaded mozilla and went to run it and NOTHING happens. It won’t open at all. Absolutely nothing happens at all. No window comes up, nothing. I uninstalled and reinstalled it 10 times. I rebooted each time and NOTHING.

    Any help will be appreciated.

    Shal ‘ aam
    AAPiY
    Mike

    P.S., I’ve been using mozilla firefox in my two computers at home with no problems whatsoever for years.

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  85. confuzzled 09. Aug, 2009 at 5:13 am #

    omg thank u so much!! iv been working in windows explorer for the past 3 months bcuz i cudnt figure out what was wrong with my firefox!! ur a life saver. thank u!!

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  86. John M 22. Aug, 2009 at 9:41 am #

    Thank You fixed it right away

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  87. Jarno 22. Aug, 2009 at 6:04 pm #

    Lifesaver!

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  88. Meghan 15. Dec, 2009 at 9:23 am #

    I had the same kind of problem with getting proxy server refused connection, I contacted my isp and they said to put it on no proxy setting on the tools/internet options configure how Mozilla connects tab that didn’t work for me, it continued to revert back to the same message “proxy server refused” . It was frustrating. What I ended up trying was uninstalling and reinstalling Mozilla and that seemed to work for me so far so good . I hope this helps someone:)

    Meghan

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  89. Anissa 11. Apr, 2010 at 5:04 am #

    Hi. Firefox stops connecting all the time – once a day at least. IE8 works just fine. I do not have proxy settings checked, created new profile, cleared cache, ensured firewall does not block, etc. based on many suggestions I saw on your site. Are there other reasons why the only way I can get Firefox to work is if I restart my computer? Restarting Firefox does nothing. Although IE8 works just fine, I do not like using it. I have Windows XP. Thank you!! Anissa

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    • Robin Malau 15. Apr, 2010 at 9:07 pm #

      I am not sure where the problem is. I think you’d better create a new Firefox profile, and start from new installation. Use the default settings, supposedly fine.

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      • Anissa 30. May, 2010 at 9:15 am #

        Thanks for trying Robin. I have created a new profile, reinstalled, etc. It does not happen every day now but about every few days. It’s rather irksome to completely restart my entire computer as this seems to be the only thing that works as I dislike IE & some of my programs aren’t compatible. Oh well, appreciate your efforts.

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  90. Lee 30. May, 2010 at 10:26 am #

    Thank you Robin! I was wondering why i can`t go into my hotmail using firefox.

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  91. Peggy R. 03. Jun, 2010 at 4:56 am #

    SSSWWWEEEEEETTT!!!!

    You’ve saved my life! Thank you-thank you-thank you!

    Hubby uses my laptop a lot and this happened to his account. I’m so glad I could Google it and find YOU! I fixed it in seconds. When I told him I had fixed it and he asked how, I told him it was because I was smarter than him.. LOLOL Of course I was joking, but he agreed. I haven’t yet told him that I found your blog and instructions. He-He..

    You’ve made my day! : )

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    • Robin Malau 03. Jun, 2010 at 7:03 am #

      LOL! Indeed you are smarter than him, because you asked Uncle Google! :D

      Glad i could help you Peggy, cheers!

      Reply
  92. Shelley 10. Jun, 2010 at 12:07 am #

    Thank you so much!!!! I have had the hardest time trying to rid my computer of this annoying virus and then had the proxy problem to top it all off! I think I’m finally out of the woods!

    Reply
  93. Lynette 11. Jun, 2010 at 11:35 am #

    Muchas gracias!!

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  94. Betsy 18. Jun, 2010 at 4:01 pm #

    THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU SAVED MY LIFE!!!

    Reply
  95. thx so muchooo!!! 20. Jun, 2010 at 1:51 am #

    thx sooooo fukin muchh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]

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  96. Kellie 23. Jun, 2010 at 12:12 pm #

    This was a life-saver, time-saver and freak-out preventer. Thanks!

    Reply
  97. Nana 24. Jun, 2010 at 8:11 am #

    Hey, I’m having this problem, too and was wondering something.
    Doesn’t setting it to ‘no proxy’ mean your computer has no protection?
    Thanks in advance.

    -Nana

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  98. Zhuang 24. Jun, 2010 at 9:52 am #

    Great! Thanks a lo!

    Reply
  99. Ulises 24. Jun, 2010 at 6:00 pm #

    Thank you, i was about to pull my hair off!!!

    Reply
  100. Lee Schmersey 25. Jun, 2010 at 8:39 am #

    Thanks for posting the solution for this problem.

    Reply
  101. SNSD/Girls' Generation 25. Jun, 2010 at 9:45 am #

    Thank you so much for the article!!!

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  102. Stephen 26. Jun, 2010 at 4:47 am #

    Great, thanks, I hour of frustration put to shame- I fixed it in 10 seconds.

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  103. Ryan 29. Jun, 2010 at 7:02 am #

    I was just about to wipe my computer too! You really are appreciated for sharing your KNOWLEDGE and saving me major heartache!!

    I cant thank you enough.

    Reply
  104. kelly 09. Jul, 2010 at 10:16 am #

    Thank you!!!!

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  105. Jason 11. Aug, 2010 at 7:11 pm #

    Thank You!!!! Im back up and running again!

    Reply
  106. ilyam 16. Aug, 2010 at 2:26 am #

    thankssssssssssssssssssssssssss man

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  107. Marj 21. Aug, 2010 at 6:06 am #

    I just helped a friend by unlocking a proxy command and became a “hero.” Thanks for sharing

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  108. Robin Malau 17. Dec, 2008 at 10:00 am #

    Cheers Christie.

    Reply
  109. Robin Malau 24. Dec, 2008 at 10:45 am #

    Lol. Yeah it happens Matt, but i’m glad to help you solve her problem.

    Reply

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