Hey, I am using Windows XP Home 2nd Edition

I have a LAN connection, my internet is fine with internet explorer,

Messenger, and other general needs of internet.

However, I am having a major problem with other softwares and programs that

are trying to connect to the web. Other softwares such as Java, and any other

softwares that needs to connect to the WEB to update, and/or achieve data and

servers are not able to do so. Often errors pop out saying such and such

software is not able to connect to the web... I checked my internet

connectivity with PING test and it showed me my internet is good...

I am wondering if theres any command i can do to apply my LAN connection to

other softwares when they are connecting to the web?

I would highly appreciate if any of you can help me out here...

You most likely have a software firewall that is blocking program access to the internet. Depending on the firewall, you have to allow programs access to the internet by program, by port or both.