I recently made a fresh installation of XP (prof) + SP1
IE is unable to open gmail, yahoo secured page, hdfcbank netbanking.
Installed Avant browser.... same....... could n't open
Installed firefox 1.0.2 ... it also could not open secured pages...
Help me
wel bud the Thumb rule is to have SP2 with all the Updates..if not Minimum is SP2 for Internet .... in IE go to Tools -> Internet options ->security ->Custom level ..and check the options , also Avent is based on IE so there is not much diff..but Firefox..hmm ..also u can do is when u see the connected icon in taskbar ..go to properties and see wether u have made any changes there ....