Hey all,

Have a bit of an issue at the moment. Hoping someone has a few ideas or suggestions. I have googled around but cannot find anything that is specifically helpful.

Have a client with an exchange server and terminal services installed on another server. Exchange is Windows Server 2003 SBS SP1, Terminal Server is Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard SP2. Exchange is AD.

Network layout is [internet-router-internal] so i can guarantee the problem is solely on the Terminal Server and nowhere else. Quite simply, the internet does not work, Specifically, a web browser does not work. Internet is running as expected on the Exchange server; can browse, telnet/ftp out, ping etc.

On the Terminal Server i can ping any IP address on the interweb and DNS is resolving quickly and normally. In effect the internet is there. Launch Internet Explorer go to www.google.com and Status bar says Done and nothing is shown on screen, or it continues to 'load' the page endlessly with other sites. IE Enhanced Security Configuration (ISC) is installed. However i have added every site i have tried to test to trusted sites, enabled every single option for trusted sites. No avail. I have even uninstalled the ISC (without reboot) and the same problem.

Perhaps it is the browser itself, so i installed the latest version of IE from MS Website. Same issue. Lets try another browser, Firefox is always good..... well, when i try to browse there is a pause as if it is trying to resolve the name then it starts to download a file called something like 4cc43f13 which is an "Application/Octect-Stream" and i can either save it open the file but that is it.

So I am a little dumbstruck and not quite sure what my next option is considering i fell i have removed everything that could potentially cause this and every other workstation/server has no issue like this. Please note that the Exchange server also has ISC installed but has no problems.

Any ideas guys??

I will post links and info as i come across it whilst researching.

Cheers