Cannot Browse....HELP!

[Will]

No Firewire dvices installed. Thanks for the help though!

>-----Original Message-----
>do you have a firewire device installed?
>if so, this is a rather common problem with xp, there
>doesn't appear to be a fix available yet.
>you must restore your system prior to the firewire device
>being installed to get internet connectivity back.
>google groups for "firewire xp" for all the gruesome
>details.
>good luck
>bb
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>I am using a windows xp desktop machine. I had
>previously
>>connected to the internet with this machine via cable
>>broadband but have since moved and am now attempting to
>>connect via dial up. I had some trouble getting even
the
>>connection made, but that seems to have been fixed. Now
>>that I have finally made the connection, again via dial
>>up, i cannot browse in either MS Explorer, or Netscape.
I
>>keep getting error messages, displaying in their own
>>window, such as..."internet explorer could not open the
>>search page" and in the case of
>Netscape..."www.google.com
>>could not be found. Please check..." It's as if there
>is
>>no connection to the outside world at all, even though
>the
>>dial up connection has been made. I can use my laptop on
>>the same phone line and cord with no trouble. I have
>>deleted and reset the dial up connection a few times
with
>>no change.
>>
>>Running Window xp home edition ver. 5.1 service pack 1
>>
>>Any help would be great. Thanks.
>>.
>>
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