aww.. like the begging helps. there is no pity here. only help, if that is what you seek.

when you experience a "dns error"
try to bring up a command tool [start menu > run command > cmd > okay]
and type 'nslookup www.websitethatisfailing.com' without the single quotes

also try to post the output of the above and the 'ipconfig /all' command [in the same window]

this will give us all a bit more to go on
but before try a 'ipconfig /release' followed by an 'ipconfig /renew'

also, when was the last time this machine was rebooted? dns servers could
have changed and you *could* be runnning on only cached addresses..

Hi Cain

Thanks for your reply.

I did the ipconfig/release (router didn't like that much) but did renew. Router back on line, but still have browser problem.
This machine rebooted alot just lately trying to sort problem.

Done the nslookup thingy - do I post all IP numbers it came up with, I think I saw on one of these forums not to post this info because people can do weird things if they have this info (please excuse my ignorance) I have posted the output without the numbers let me know if they are needed too.

Thanks again

DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Can't find server name for address ***.***.*.*: Timed out
Server: nstot.proxy.aol.com
Address: ***.***.***.***

DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
DNS request timed out.
timeout was 2 seconds.
*** Request to nstot.proxy.aol.com timed-out