Message Edited by Artransl on 06-10-200605:32 AM

Since we have two other computers on the same network that work perfectly, i do blame dell for preventing me from accessing google and other web sites

see all the other similar complaints

Can you access anything from the suspect machine?  What the Tech do?  What did Dell have you do?

What are the other operating systems involved?  What is the makeup of the LAN and how do the other machines connect to the LAN as opposed to this one?

i don't know if this reply went through the first time

i can access everything on the internet except google and espn, and possibly others i haven't tried yet

all machines use windows xp, the other two are hardwired, the one that doesn't work properly is a wireless notebook (it doesn't work properly even when sitting next to the router)

the tech tried to adjust all interenet security settings and to set google as home page, he deleted dell mysearch or whatever it's called, nothing worked

dell tech support seemed to try everything in the world including a sysytem restore but nothing workrd, they transferred me to dell on call and started saying it must be a software problem which is not covered by warranty even tho' it was this way right out of the box., they wanted to charge me to try to figure out the problem.  i had loaded no new programs since we turned on the laptop 5 days previous, it has never been able to access these sites

thanks for any input