

I have installed Windows 7 eight times already, and each time I try something new, and I still cannot get Chrome to function. Now, with that out of the way, every browser that I have installed (IE, Opera, Firefox, Safari) all work fine, except for Chrome, and I only experience this problem after I update Windows 7.

I require as many popular browsers as possible, so that I may perform my ‘job’ as best as I can, and in all honesty, I find that chrome suites my profession better than other browsers. I cannot work without this, so please, I do not need Firefox, Opera, IE, etc… fan boys suggesting that I simply switch browsers. It is crucial for me to have this service, since this is my #1 choice for internet browsers, and (since I develop web-sites) I require it to work out cross-compatibility issues. It runs, however, it will not access the internet.

What is happening is I cannot get Chrome to access the internet, at all. In the past, have had too many experiences where one of Microsoft’s updates renders something within my system as un-functional, and I am almost 100% positive that this is occurring again, however, I cannot pin point which update is doing this, nor exactly what is causing this issues. When I install Windows 7, I ‘disable’ Windows from performing their ‘automatic updates’. Now, I have not even begun to install anything (other than Windows 7), and I am already experiencing the same issue repeatedly. NET framework, and every major web-browser currently available), and it is crucial that everything works in harmony. I am a software and web developer, and I like to keep my system minimal, however, I do rely on many different software packages and services to develop (i.e.: Java JDK, Apache, PHP, MySQL, UDK, Maya, Adobe, the. My registry was becoming a little cluttered, and after about a year and a half of installing, updating, and upgrading software, I felt as though my system needed a fresh start.

I had recently wiped my hard drive clean, to do a fresh install of Windows 7. Okay, I am about to lose it, literally, because I cannot resolve this issue, and this is the ‘only’ place I know of where I can get some sound advice.
