Hello everyone, I have a compaq laptop(windows xp prof sp2, 1 gb ram, intel solo core 1.86 GHz). One week back, I came to my brother's home. As he stays out for most of the day, I tried using my laptop wid the server configuration he uses on his desktop(the i.p, and all the dns server settings). It worked fine every other time I visited his place but this time some problem crept in. I am able to use the net only in the safe mode. In the normal mode, the LAN stays connected but the ping command isnt able to get any reply from the server. In the safe mode, the net seems to work without any flaw. I searched on the net about this problem but couldnt find any solution that cud fix it. And then, I decided to format the comp. and an hour back, finished formatting. To my surprise, the problem still persists and I have no idea how to get rid of it. Please help me wid this problem. Thanks in advance...I'll be waiting for ur replies!!!

nytmare, SWAG, could it be his router? If it thinks you are some sort of foreign threat maybe it's blocking you? HTH. Ed in Texas.