Addons may conflict with Google Services

Some of the addons seems to be having a conflict with Google services. I came across following during last few weeks:

Skype addons was aborting the Google Start Page - "cannot connect with the server -- operation will be aborted."

We have found that some addons installed along with IE. like one of the addon called - "Skype (Mastermind)" is the culprit and is known to create issues with IE (see following link in skype forum): http://forum.skype.com/index.php?showtopic=113145

To avoid the issue disable this addon from you IE (Manage Addons option).