Hi, I'm having trouble with Internet Explorer or my Internet connection settings. Two weeks ago our network had a virus (Nimbda I believe). After cleaning server & all computers, my computer wouldn't connect to Internet. (I connect thru the server). In Internet Properties - connections - LAN settings nothing was checked, but I noticed under proxy settings server01 port 80 was shaded, so I checked Use A Proxy. Then I was able to connect to the Internet. Since then several things have changed. The virus screwed up several of my Office 2000 Premium Programs (Word & Outlook). I done several things before I realized I'd lost my Internet connection, yet I can send & receive Email with Outlook over the same connection. I can log on from another computer, using my logon name & user password & am able to get on the Internet. So it's something in my computer. These are the main things I did between having Internet & not. 1) I updated to Internet Explorer 5.5 2) We switched from a phone modem to a cable modem. 3) Installed Trend Office Scan Corporate edition Ver. 3.54 Things I've tried: 1) Removed Internet Explorer (actually went back to last version, I guess) 2) Removed Office, then re-installed. 3) Reloaded drivers for LAN card. 4) Deleted all cookies. 5) Compared the Hosts file on my computer to another, on a computer I can connect on. 6) I've pinged the server from Dos & received the correct response. Info on my computer: 1) Windows 98 2nd ed. 4.10.2222a 2) Compaq nc3121 Fast Ethernet NIC 3) Compaq Prosignia 330 Pentium III - 550 4) 256.0 MB Ram 5) Office 2000 Premium 6) Internet Explorer 5.5 7) Our server is running Windows NT Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, William Norman billn@norcen.com

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