Afer reloading win98 from my HP restore disk and configured DUN I no longer can access my ISP by means of the IE icon on my desktop, Instead I must access the dialup icon located in the control panel. This activates the DUN and allows me to logon after this I must click on the IE icon to bring up my browser.

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triplej

Try right clicking on internet explorier, get properties, click connections and make sure all your settings are right. Post back if this does not solve your problem.

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Yep, that was it the always dial my connection got changed to a lan setting someway???

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triplej

Did your HP come with a network card (onboard or installed)...if so the default setting could be for the LAN or something other than dial.

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No NIC installed, A program called Weatherbug was downloaded and installed right before problem occured. Dialup worked fine right after OS was loaded. I have run into this dialup problem before though where all the settings have been correct. But dialup just failed to be called up from the IE icon.

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triplej

As far as I know, Weatherbug by itself isn't a problem. But it is usually bundled with Gator (http://www.tom-cat.com/cgi-bin/spybase/spybase.cgi?view_records=1&name=^G|^G&re=1&sb=4&so=ascend&nh=5&mh=1), which you might want to steer clear of.

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