text: Reboot your PC before you do any of this so your sure windows starts clean. Your proxy setting tells windows "WHERE TO GO" like we all don't want to tell windows where to go sometimes.\n\nGo to START, CONTROL PANEL, INTERNET OPTIONS. From the first screen set the home page for you Internet service, like mine is http://www.rr.com/flash/index.cfm. Or try DEFAULT. Next Click on the connections tab. Click on the "never dial a connection" and then click the LAN Settings button. Next click the "Automatically detect setting" and click OK.\n\nTry explorer and see if that helps. If not try this.\n\n Go to control panel and check your Windows Firewall Setting and see if it's set up to allow outgoing and incoming data. Try setting it to OFF and try explorer again.\n\nLast try this. START, ALL PROGRAMS, ACCESSORIES, SYSTEM TOOLS, SYSTEM INFORMATION. Click the + beside the Components tab and then click the Problem Devices. This is to see if your NIC card is working. If Windows comes back saying no problems found then it is a problem with your set up of your pop-server and your smtp-server. Call your provider or look on the paperwork from them and they should give you those settings.