Safari the ONLY browser that works

Since upgrading to Leopard, I have been unable to use ANY other internet browser but Safari. Normally this wouldn't bother me since I prefer Safari, but there are some websites out there that don't play nicely with Safari and so other browsers are necessary. Each time I open Firefox/Netscape/Internet Explorer/Opera, I get this message:
"The server may not exist or it is not operational at this time. Check the server name or IP address and your network connection and try again."
I continue to get this message until I force quit the application.
I've searched the the Apple discussions and the Firefox discussions countless times. I've emptied out any and all information from Firefox from my library. I've repaired my disk permissions more times than I can count. I JUST reinstalled Leopard. I performed updates beforehand. Shut down my computer for about 7 hours. Reinstalled. Performed more updates. Restarted. Installed Firefox. And I got the same message.
Is there really no solution or did Leopard some how screw my computer beyond repair?
Dani

+I have no idea why, but there is no version of Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator that will run under Leopard, so there's no way you could have possibly replicated this problem in these applications on that machine.+
Sure there are! If you can find a copy of Internet Explorer 5.2, it'll run using Rosetta. There's even a pretty new version of Navigator out for the Mac that's a Universal Binary, although it's the end of the line. I have both running right now, just to be sure and to avoid putting my foot in my mouth.
Danielle, from what I remember that error is more of system message rather than an error from within the browser itself. Here are a couple of questions to get started:
Does the error show upon opening the browser(s), or when you try to navigate to a page? Is the problem with one specific website (Unlikely, I know, but you mention that "some websites don't play nicely" with Safari, which could lead someone to believe this is the case.) What kind of content are you trying to access? Your everyday run of the mill HTML page, or an FTP or directory, or...? Are you using a router? If so, what kind?
I know, lotsa questions and little help. The more info you can provide means a better chance for an answer.

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