Internet Explorer will not communicate with my wireless network or any LAN when I have my laptop at home. However when I take my laptop down to the local computer guy everything works fine. Other computers on my home network work fine. I've tried making all the LAN settings the same on all computers with no avail. One field I have not been able to clear is "Use automatic configuration script", although the check box is clear I cannot get the IP address to clear from the box. Any ideas would be much appreciated.

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See if this helps:

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then start the Add or Remove Programs tool.
2. Remove any unnecessary Internet software.
3. Test Internet Explorer to determine whether the issue is resolved.
4. If the issue is not resolved, quit all instances of Internet Explorer.
5. Click Start, click Run, type regsvr32 /u ahiehelp.dll and then click OK.
The following message indicates that the command was completed successfully:
RegSvr32DllRegisterServer in ahiehelp.dll succeeded.
You can then remove the automatic proxy settings in Internet Explorer and restore your ability to browse.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=315054