>Thanks for responding, Bill. Do you mean that there may be a virus onboard?

Possibly. It could be some malware that has changed settings in the browser.

In IE, you can reset all settings to defaults for the browser. In IE7 at least, you can go to Tools/Internet Options/Advanced and there is a button that will reset the browser to default settings.

First I'd make sure you can ping a couple of sites successfully ( in a command window - ping www.cnn.com or ping www.levelextreme.com - you should see ip addresses for each (and they should be different!)).

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>I just loaded NOD32, thinking that he may have a virus issue. I've also got to remove the MCAFEE anti-virus, before I let it reboot. It's installing Internet Explorer 8 right nwo as a part of that automatic update.
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>If that is what you are saying, then I've got to caution the owner to be careful who he lets use his PC. I almost never get any viruses on my computers because I take precautions and don't let everyone have access to them. I'll try pinging outside sites now.
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>Cecil
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>>He may have a hijacked or otherwise compromised browser.
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>>Can you Ping outside sites OK?