go to start > run > type in command or cmd in the space there and hit enter... this will bring up a DOS window... yours may be a C prompt instead of my D as shown below... type in just what you see below, after the D:\> then compare your statistics to what I got back. D:\>ping groups.yahoo.com Pinging groups1.vip.scd.yahoo.com [66.218.66.240] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 66.218.66.240: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=49 Reply from 66.218.66.240: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=49 Reply from 66.218.66.240: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=49 Reply from 66.218.66.240: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=49 Ping statistics for 66.218.66.240: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 60ms, Maximum = 70ms, Average = 65ms or... lol... this is so hard to diagnose over email... it may be your own security settings in internet options or the native firewall in xp. ~s ----- From: "Jo Ann W." : : How do you ping the site? I'm not familiar with that. : : Jo Ann 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