Sounds to me like there is a problem with the browser.

Reinstall and I bet it works.

>So, my neighbor just asked me to take a look at his computer and see if 
>I could get it to connect to the net.  I went over there, and he's 
>running AOL - and dial up.  Sheesh, talk about the stone age.  Anyways, 
>when you click "connect" within AOL, it takes a couple of tries, then 
>will connect.  They can get their email, but when they try to get to any 
>web page using the browser, nothing.  I pinged a known IP.  That worked 
>fine.  So, it seems that they are connected, but not able to browse. 
>Doesn't this seem like a really strange problem?
>
>What would be a good way to troubleshoot this?  Any ideas?  Please don't 
>say "don't use AOL" or "don't use dial-up".  Their son uses AOL all the 
>time for school, chat, etc, and they aren't going to change that.  They 
>also are on dial-up because they can't afford cable or DSL, at least 
>that what he says.
>
>Any help would be appreciated.  He's a good guy and I really would like 
>to help him out.
>-- 
>Ray

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