Yes all updates are current.
It did this after reformatting, before the updates were done, and still did the same thing after the updates were completed.
Thanks
Maybe your DHCP server is not renewing your lease? Next time you get the DNS error, open up a DOS box and type in ipconfig /all
to see if you still have an IP...or anything other than 169.254.x.x
One suggestion is to hard code with static IP and DNS servers instead of relying on DHCP.