Thanks for the reply and your thought, but this is what IU had looked for
when I saw the problem, although it would not explain why http sites worked
fine. In short, there was no proxy set under the Internet connections, LAN
button which is what we were using or anywhere else.

Bob

"Jamie" wrote in message
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since it sounds like you didn't completely install from scratch, try
looking in the internet properties for poxies, most likely the
proxy from the colleage is still in there.
telll it to not use proxy and connect direct to the internet.
the laptop maybe using the schools system and it mite be blocking
the Secure port.