IE8 is definitivley not the problem, so most likely the AV software is to blame.
Hello,
I have the same problem with "no internet connection" during install of mediaportal version 1.02 (from ct) and downloaded 1.1alpha. The interesting thing is, I installed on two other machines on the same network and everything is running smooth. Only the third machine gave the problem. I can ping and tracert "install.team-mediaportal.com...", I can access the internet with everything including even downloading the soft from team-mediaportal.com. I made sure, that all AV and firewall related services are disabled. But: Problem persists with both versions. Any idea? Any help is greatly appreciated. Btw., all machines are different HW, but same Windows XP Sp3 with all relevant updates as mentioned on team-mediaportal.com.
Best regards
Paul