Third Party sofware will not connect to the internet

[PeroYasha]

Hi, I have a problem that I don't know how to fix.

I've just re-formatted a computer and installed
Win2k, no firewall (atm), Firefox, adaware, and spybot on
an old PII machine. The problem I have is while IE will
connect to the net, Firefox and the update managers
on adaware and spybot will not. I am connecting to the
internet through the default window's dial-up to Earthlink.
Any ideas what I should do to fix this?

Thanks in advance

 

[Rockn]

Once you are dialed up try opening FF and the other programs. What happens?

 

[PeroYasha]

edit 1: images didn't upload
edit 2: n/m loading images...

FireFox Error MSG
< web site > could not be found. Please check the name and try again.

Adware Error MSG
Performing WebUpdate...
Current Operation
>Error retrieving update

Spybot Error MSG
Error retrieving update info file!
Socket Error # 10022
Invalid argument.

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All programs are at their default settings as I really haven't done
anything to the computer just of yet.

 

[lister]

You have to upload files(images) to a server - techguy has one, see 'manage attachments' below the message field - in order for someone to view the images.
We can't see files you have on your desktop.

 

[PeroYasha]

ah, note taken and the previous post was edited.

 

[lister]

Have you adjusted the settings for Firefox in the Tools - Options - General - Connection Settings for your ISP?

 

[PeroYasha]

yes, it is on direct connection

 

[lister]

Yes, but what are your ISP settings?
Also, if you have a firewall installed, make sure that it is allowing the programs to access the 'net.

 

[PeroYasha]

ISP is Earthlink. Settings are set to auto-dectected... how would I go about to check the actual proxy?

How would I than use that to fix the problem with adaware and spybot?

There is no firewall installed

 

[PeroYasha]

*BUMP*
Help?