I see something that may be the issue, but I don't know how to change it. When I pull up the Local Area Connection status, by double clicking the 2 monitor screens in the task bar, and selecting " SUPPORT",my computer says that the "ADDRESS TYPE is "ASSIGNED BY DHCP". When I click on the DDRESS TYPE, on the computer that you and I have been working on, it says "AUTOMATIC PRIVATE ADDRESS". I don't know what either of those means but could that be our problem ?

Nah.....this just means that your computers IP addy is assigned dynamically by DHCP.

If connection is established, but IE wont display the web page, its an issue with the embedded browser itself or a windows setting somewhere thats most likely been altered by the Malware you once had.

Because IE is embedded with all windows OS's, its not possible to uninstall and reinstall the app as it stands without rebuilding the great wall of china.....This is why i ask that we can test this theory by using a 'third party' browser such as firefox etc.

Geesh....your really makin me work here Tumbleweedracef!

Haven't used XP or IE7 for a few years now.
Vista Rocks in 64 bit and have been using mostly x86 since beta 1 testing for MS.

I love FF3 at the moment cause IE8 beta kept crashing during testing for the first version.

I'll have a look around my sons XP machine and get back to you!

Get permission for a browser install if you can.

Ok, I will install FF3 for a test. If ya hear of a man in TN who was skinned alive, just remember me as a Brother !

LMAO!

You'll be doing a favour for whoever owns it.

I Have your back Bro!

Well Bro. I downloaded and installed FF3 and I get the same results......"ADDRESS NOT FOUND". I tried google and I tried microsoft.com, and got nothing !
What next ?
I tried ipconfig /release and then "renew, and here is my results from "renew"

C:\Documents and Settings\Justin>ipconfig /renew

Windows IP Configuration

An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection 3 : unable to c
ontact your DHCP server. Request has timed out.
Does this help ?

....and my Brother , may I ask a small favor. Is there anyway I can get ya to respond a little quicker, I have to get this thing working so this small business can resume. I need ya and if your having issues there, I understand. Help as you can. Thanks !!!!!!

Its got me buggered...If you have tried to reinstall the drivers, have tried to remove the winsock & winsock2 from the registry and reinstalled the tcp/ip protocol using the
nettcpip.ini file.
Downloaded the winsock fix and all to no result then the only other thing i can think of would be the possibility that your network card or cable may be
bad?

It cant be anything else that i know of???

You could try assigning a static IP i guess as the issue seems to be related to DHCP.

Maybe a format and clean install of the OS to ensure that the malware you had has not corrupted anything, although your logfile looks ok to me this doesnt mean that something might be amiss.

Sorry dude.....these above suggestions are all i have.

I just talked with Dell and they had me test" ipconfig" and when I told her the results, she said that the answer is for me to put in a new operating system. So, with you saying that and her too, I guess thats what I need to do. The only thing I haven't done is assigning a static IP, because I don't know to. If ya want to try that, let me know, if not, I'll just pull all the files off and reformat it. Let me know.

Format and clean install Windows dude......I know I sound like an ISP tech support guy, but this is often the best way to achieve results as a last resort, and i think we need to pull our 'last resort' into play, do you?

Some info on assigning a static IP in case your wondering:
http://www.hotcomm.com/FAQ/FAQ_staticIPXP.asp

Good Luck with the format.....ahhh, nothing like the smell of burning drive clusters in the morning. Lol

LOL.....I hope I don't smell anything burning, LOL ! I will just go ahead and do THE DEED ! I may try to get into the link ya sent tomorrow but, I'm goin to bed now.
Thanks a million for working with me for soo long !!!!!! I really appreciate all you've done !!!! Thanks for keeping it real also and not being all "stuffy" !!!! Later BRO. !