HELP - Please

Ray wrote:
> I have XP Home SP2 with all current patches, use Outlook Express for mail
> and Internet Explorer version 6 with Google as my home page. Everything
> working great until this morning. Outlook Express is fine, Microsoft Spyware
> connected to net and updated itself fine - but Internet Explorer trying to
> reach Google only comes up with "Page can not be displayed". Can not believe
> that Google's server is down. Trying to access any of the "favorites"
> displays the same error message. Since other programs have connected to the
> internet just fine - what could be my problem; what should I do? Appreciate
> any help that may be rendered.
>
>

Type this IP address in and see if it goes to Google

66.102.7.147

If it does then your ISP has a DNS problem

I have XP Home SP2 with all current patches, use Outlook Express for mail
and Internet Explorer version 6 with Google as my home page. Everything
working great until this morning. Outlook Express is fine, Microsoft Spyware
connected to net and updated itself fine - but Internet Explorer trying to
reach Google only comes up with "Page can not be displayed". Can not believe
that Google's server is down. Trying to access any of the "favorites"
displays the same error message. Since other programs have connected to the
internet just fine - what could be my problem; what should I do? Appreciate
any help that may be rendered.

It will not go there - or any other place. What does that tell me?
"gls858" <gls858@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Ray wrote:
>> I have XP Home SP2 with all current patches, use Outlook Express for mail
>> and Internet Explorer version 6 with Google as my home page. Everything
>> working great until this morning. Outlook Express is fine, Microsoft
>> Spyware connected to net and updated itself fine - but Internet Explorer
>> trying to reach Google only comes up with "Page can not be displayed".
>> Can not believe that Google's server is down. Trying to access any of the
>> "favorites" displays the same error message. Since other programs have
>> connected to the internet just fine - what could be my problem; what
>> should I do? Appreciate any help that may be rendered.
>
> Type this IP address in and see if it goes to Google
>
> 66.102.7.147
>
> If it does then your ISP has a DNS problem

T'was a firewall problem in a MS beta program
"Ray" <junk-spam@email.com> wrote in message
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>I have XP Home SP2 with all current patches, use Outlook Express for mail
>and Internet Explorer version 6 with Google as my home page. Everything
>working great until this morning. Outlook Express is fine, Microsoft
>Spyware connected to net and updated itself fine - but Internet Explorer
>trying to reach Google only comes up with "Page can not be displayed". Can
>not believe that Google's server is down. Trying to access any of the
>"favorites" displays the same error message. Since other programs have
>connected to the internet just fine - what could be my problem; what should
>I do? Appreciate any help that may be rendered.
>