Why would IE/MSN Messenger not be able to connect to anything, but firefox is fine?

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Published on 2010-05-07T22:46:14Z Indexed on 2010/05/07 22:48 UTC
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My internet is fine. I can connect to anything through firefox, but MSN Messenger and IE (IE8) are unable to connect to anything. It's as if I don't have internet when I use them. Why might this be?

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