
Running MS Windows XP Pro SP3 as administratorĬA Security AV – Real Time Protection & Email Protection both on. Reboot of PC caused it to revert to problem again). Removed thick border from sandboxie settings (had immediate affect allowing Firefox & Chrome to work in sandbox. Shut down all unessential running programs – no affect Uninstalled Chrome, rebooted and reinstalled – no affect. Uninstalled IE8, rebooted and reinstalled – no affect. Nothing obviousīypassed the wireless router – direct through modem Studied several outputs from Sandboxie’s “Resource Access Monitor” but interpreted very little from them. Shut PC firewall down and launched Firefox in sandbox – no affectģ times did full scan of PC by CA Anti Virus, malwarebytes, MS MWSR tool and Spybot – no affectĬhecked for Canon Easy Web Print (known conflict) and removed it – disabled Canon Easy Print accessories as well – no affect.

Launched Firefox in safe mode in sandbox – no affectģ times uninstalled Sandboxie (using full Revo uninstall) rebooted PC and reinstalled sandboxie – no affect. Uninstalled Sandboxie and reinstalled an old version sandboxie – no affect (reinstalled latest). Rolled back to an early restore point (a month) – no affect

Tried 3 different browsers and Outlook Express email – all failed Request for help from Sandboxie forum produced no answers but helped with the items below.Ĭhecked all sandbox settings are the same as my desktop PC (desktop PC works fine) Problem started with “no bookmarks in Firefox when in sandbox.īecame escalated into downloads failing then all browsers crashing when in sandbox.Īll browsers work normally outside sandbox. Until recently all was working OK but for some reason Sandboxie decided to not work (possibly due to a software update). Identical setup on Desktop PC works perfectly and has never failed. About a month ago the laptop refuses to access the internet from the sandbox.Īll programs work perfectly outside sandbox. I have worked to the internet through Sandboxie for some years with both PC’s without problems until recently.

A laptop Compaq 10 and a desktop, both running XP ProSP3.
