Problem Solved!!!

Within 3 minutes of the last post, I was able to locate the cause of the problem.

The settings were set not to allow access to secure sites.

But I was able to change the settings.

I wonder why the settings could not be changed more easily though.

Most users would not have found how to make the change since it was placed under an advanced firewall setting.

Most people in IT make things more complicated than necessary just to justify their own employment;)