Hi everyone,
I'm running Windows 8.1 professional 64-bit on a virtual machine on VMWare. When I install windows everything works fine, I can browse the web using IE, download updates on other programs I have installed.
As soon as I install Firefox it breaks IE so I can no longer use it. Moreover, it stops a lot of other programs from being able to update and access the Internet. In addition I can't open links from programs like Skype as it tells me I don't have permission from the host or something (despite being the only account on there). Uninstall doesn't resolve the problem as it doesn't seem to go back to normal. Nor does changing Windows defaults. I've changed the network settings too from NAT to bridged to no avail.
What is causing this to happen? And how can I fix it?