Chrome can't connect to my wireless network

[RonJohn]

I have a laptop (Windows 7) on which I use both Firefox and Chrome. For whatever reason, Firefox will not stream ESPN3 programming, but Chrome always has. Today, however, when I tried to connect to the internet with Chrome, I get the message, "Unable to Connect to Proxy Server, " and ERR_PROXY_CONNECTION_FAILED. I have tried everything I can think of to no avail. Firefox connects just fine, but, as I said, won't actually play the video. any ideas?

Even better, any ideas on why Firefox won't stream the videos? All my plug-ins are up to date and it is maddening that I have to use a different browser to stream videos, especailly given the issue I'm having with Chrome.

Just to add to my frustration, my desktop (Windows 8.1) on which I usually employ Chrome, loaded just fine and streamed the video immediately.

[ecross]

Hi RonJohn,

See “Unable to connect to the proxy server” Removal Guide.

[jdc2000]

On my systems, the latest update to Chrome won't connect to any web page, including the Google home page, without crashing. The latest ESR version of Firefox isn't much better - it crashes every 5 minutes. There are no add-ons in use with either browser.

[RonJohn]

Hi RonJohn,

See “Unable to connect to the proxy server” Removal Guide.

Thanks so much, ecross. Step 1 seemed to fix the problem with Chrome accessing the wireless network. Got any ideas on my Firefox issue?

[ecross]

Try this Fix common audio and video issues.

[RonJohn]

Ran through everything listed in that article to no avail. Thanks for your help with Chrome though. I guess I will just have to switch browsers for that website.