On Sat, 18 Aug 2018 05:12:36 -0400, wrote:


Now that you've confirmed that your networking stack is working
properly, I'll hand you off to folks who are better at troubleshooting
the Layer 7 applications, such as web browsers. Layers 1 thru 4 seem to
be fine.
Bye
Thanks
J

Yesterday, I installed two other copies I have of XP SP3 on the
subject emachine PC - both suffered the same connecting problem.
Then I did what I should have done in the first place - I googled the
subject (on my W10 PC), and discovered that my problem is a known
problem with many suggested solutions. The suggestion that worked for
me was:

https://appuals.com/solved-internet-...y-the-webpage/

Reset Internet Explorer

This will reset all settings and custom options set in Internet
Explorer. Your bookmarks will not be deleted.

Hold the Windows Key and Press R. In the Run Dialog, type inetcpl.cpl
and Click OK.

Click on the Advanced tab. Click on the Reset button below. Place a
check next to Delete Personal Settings and click Reset. Internet
Explorer will now be reset to its default settings.

My XP installation on the emachine T3109 seems to work fine after
doing the above. How about that. I only hope the problem does not
recur.

The following sites offer solutions to the same problem:

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/...displayed.html

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...-when-you-acce

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/57...page-displayed

https://www.techrepublic.com/forums/...error-xp-ie-6/

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/...-webpage-error

http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-...connected.html

http://pcerrorpedia.com/how-to-fix-i...error-message/

Thanks for all ur helps.
J