Dont know if anyone can help with this problem but here goes. The other week I had problems uninstalling system works and had to do it through the registry which was fine, then after that I had a problem and did a system restore, since then I cannot get onto the Internet. The network connects and says the signal is good but web pages or msn messenger will not open. I know the router is working ok because I am using the wifi on the laptop. If I click on repair in msn it highlights keyports and hosts, I have tried connecting with the firewall off but no joy. I have also tried to connect using a hardwired bb modem and it says connected but I cannot get onto the Internet.

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can you oing sites? Got o start run type cmd type ping www.googe.com see if it can ping

Pinging the sites is a good start and will help to show whether you have at least some form of connection being transmitted. It's possible that you might have a problem with your registry if this has followed a registry edit and a restore. Have you tried any of the registry cleaning tools out there? Give it a scan and see if anything gets detected, but of course, check that you can ping first. http://www.pcfixreview.com

Thanks to everyone for their help I decided to reformat the pc in the end.