I have a Dell Dimension with Windows ME. I use IE 6.0 I believe. Everything has been running fine until yesterday - 4-26-07. I tried several times to open IE only to get the "Cannot find server" error message. I tried using several of my "Favorite" links. Some worked (very slowly) but most didn't. (always getting the Cannot Find Server error. On a couple of occassions I did access IE by using Google. On one such occassion I was able to acess Hot Mail and actually read one email. When I access IE, I can get access several IE links, albeit very slowly. Prior to my problem, I hadn't tried anything "fancy" or unusual. I had been surfing for some auto repair information. I am not, incidentally, very "savvy" with regard to computer technicalities. To submit this problem, I used my "Favorite" list to access your site. Access was very slow, but it was there, thankfully. I access the internet using cable/modem via Brighthouse. I have tried System Restore, using several different restore dates. I have tried Scan Disc and De Frag. I have run Spybot, Ad-Aware and AVG 7.5 in that order. Most times now, I can get a site to come up after several very slow page refresh tries. I hope I have adequately described my problem. Let me know if not and I appreciate your help J. Crawford

Can you ping websites though?

Sorry. I cannot. J> Crawford

pinging was the right track. Brighthouse came in and rplaced my modem after they "pinged" Thanks