Another thing to try Sylvia, just dial the ISP number on your phone, see if you get a modem answering. If you do, you must look into your own system for problems. Cheers Rick H jeff wrote: >hi Sylvia >have you tried dialing into a different isp >my brother in law was having problems a few months back, pc dialed in ok but >then did nothing. >he phoned the isp and got nowhere. >it was only after i found a forum on his isp site that i found out the problem >was with the isp (lots of other people were having the same problem) the isp >was trying to say it was anybodys fault but theirs. > > >Jeff > >On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 07:35:33 -0600, Sylvia wrote: > > >>Good morning Troth! Yes, I did run SpyBot and Ad-Aware and between >>them they >>did find some things which I quarantined, blocked and/or removed. >> >>One thing that I neglected to add is that when I dial-up I do hear >>all the >>squalling and squawking as the 2 modems are shakings hands, :) which >>is >>another thing that I thought might mean that the modem is OK. And >>also the >>icons for the modem in the bottom far right (in the tray) flicker a >>few >>times like they should but after a bit when I am trying to access the >>internet, then they don't and the bytes sent & received don't grow. >> >>As you asked, I did check the IE - TOOLS > INTERNET OPTION > CONTENT >> >> >>CONTENT ADVISOR but nothing was checked or selected that shouldn't >>be. >> >>Thanks for trying still, >> >>USA-Sylvia >> >> >> > >To unsub or change your email settings: >//www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk > >To access our Archives: >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ >//www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ > >For more info: >//www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk > > > > > To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk