paul4ut

Here's what I got: Command Prompt-ping www.google.com The NTVDN CPU has encountered an illegal instruction (>>>Could be I don't know what I'm doing when trying to ping from XP.)

First, let me thank everyone for their help...I really appreciate it. The problem still exists... I need to clarify something...the pages are not "black." I said that, but what I meant to say was, "The pages are blank." Yes, the message I'm getting is "This page cannot be displayed." Yes, the address of the page (http://www.msn.com) appears in the Address Bar. This happens with every browser I have. I have my firewall turned off until I figure out what is wrong. The connection appears good. I ran an antivirus application. Any advice? Thanks PS: In case you're wondering, I'm using another computer to investigate this problem. ALSO... The problem with this computer affects any application that requires a connection to the Internet. WIth AOL IM, for example, a message appears forever that reads "connecting." At the bottom of the screen my connection status reads "I've been connected online for 6 minutes," and then shows the connection speed. Status says, "connected." HERE IS AN INTERESTING POINT: I'm currently using a dial-up connection, but the same thing happened to me recently while using a wireless broadband connection on this same computer. Many thanks for your help

No...no error messages. Internet Explorer lauches but pages are black...never deploy. This is the case for any web browser I try.

I have a good Internet connection. My Firewall is disabled. ...but when I try to open a page in Internet Explorer, the page does not launch. Anyone have an idea as to what's happening here? Any help would be greatly appreciated. paulk@gvtc.com