We have a wireless network in the house that was installed SEVERAL years ago. Last week the desktop computer that I use in my office lost its ability to connect to the internet. The computer indicates that it is connected to the wireless network, but when I open the internet brower, it says it cannot display the home site (or any site for that matter). The computer will print to our printer, which is on a print server. My wife's laptop doesn't have this problem. It connects to the internet just fine.

Help!Go Start>Run, type in:
cmd
Click OK.
At COMMAND prompt, type in:
ping www.google.com
Hit Enter
What does it say?

What type of CONNECTION is it? What Windows version? What browser?Start, run, CMD gets me to:
C:\Documents and settings\Mark> When I enter www.google.com here, I get:
'www.google.com' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

What type of connection? Ethernet connection
Windows version? Microsoft Windows XP, version 5.1.2600
Browser? Windows Internet Explorer 7sorry. typing in ping www.google.com produces the following:

Pinging www.l.goolge.com [64.233.167.104] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 64.233.167.104: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL =241
Reply from 64.233.167.104: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL =241
Reply from 64.233.167.104: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL =241
Reply from 64.233.167.104: bytes=32 time=34ms TTL =241

Ping statistics for 64.233.167.104:
Packets: sent=4, received=4, lost =0 (0% loss),
approximate round trip time in milliseconds:

min=24ms, max=39ms, Avg = 36Good. That means, you're connected.
I want you to try Firefox as cross reference, to see, if you'll have similar problems.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/Upon entering the address you suggested in my browser, I get the message:

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage.

I get this message for any website I enter. This is my real problem. Clearly, I can connect to the internet as evidenced by the successful ping and the fact that Quicken can connect and UPDATE. Why can the browser no longer display webpages?Go Start>Run, type in:
ipconfig /release
Click OK.
Type in:
ipconfig /renew
Click OK.
Restart computer, and try to connect again.

If that doesn't help, turn computer off, disconnect router, and modem from power source for 1 min. Power modem, and a router back on, start your computer.
If that doesn't help, power down everything, connect your computer straight to the modem, bypassing router.
We'll go from thereI tried all three of your suggestions. None worked.Download, install, and run LSP-Fix: http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Restart computer, and see, if it helped.
If not...
Download, install, and run WinSock XP Fix: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html
Restart computer, and check again.I recently reinstalled windows xp and I'm now having the exact same problem. I tried all of the steps suggested above and got all the same results. I ran the LSP-Fix and no errors came up. I ran the WinSock XP Fix and still nothing. jezzo79
You need to start your own TOPIC.