I have not un-installed Norton as it came pre-loaded and has 75days free
licence for it. But I have turned off all the functions and the problem is
still there.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM" wrote:

> "Tigerbob" <Tigerbob@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B0B9CF34-F0F8-4024-981D-E4D8ED0A5B7D@microsoft.com...
> > I'm using ie7 on Vista with Norton Internet Security on new laptop. When
> > ever
> > I try to down load files (e.g. MS Messanger) from internet I get message
> > saying "The connection to the server was rest." How do I reslove this
> > problem?
>
> Does this behavior persist if you uninstall Norton?
>
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> Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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