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Wouldn't the recycle bin on the different drives have files indicating their addresses including drive letter when they were deleted? Dajuad

I can not get the indexing feature to work on full power after a reinstall

no Kapersky, no firewall at all. Is there any problem with having two WinXP systems on the same C drive. I would like to partition the C drive but there are files at the end of the drive. Is there any free program that partitions and moves these files? This is a desperate move because this problem is not being resolved. The Problem has been solved. I installed service pack 3 in protected mode and now it loads pages. Unforturnately this doesn't explain much. Thanks for everyones' efforts

I ran the ipconfig commands but the problem still remains. The router and modem are being used by the same computer as I am using to communicate with you. I just discovered the following: I can reach certain sites like google or cnn.com but I can't reach sites like www.abe.com (when I type in the IP address). When I type in 74.200.26.21 (www.abe.com), the address bar reads "http://www.google.com/search?q=74.200.26.21&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address.... In firefox type 74.200.26.21 instantly gives: http://www.abebooks.com/ but the screen says firefox can't find the server at www.abebooks.com Dave

Thanks but the registry prefixes were identical to your suggestions.

In Win XP home, using IE 7, if I type the web site name, for example www.google.com, I'm told that the address is not valid. However if I type the IP address, I can load the page. There is no firewall and this occurs with two different routers and also if I use firefox. Also I can ping the IP address, I can't ping the name.