Ill try to explain this as best I can. I am connecting directly to another computer through ethernet which shares its dialup connection with me. Problem is, I cannot connect to certain websites such as microsoft and ebay, and I cant run certain programs such as steam or guildwars. I also installed SP2 on both computers via cd since I cant connect to microsoft in the first place, and I think maybe SP2's increased security is causing me problems? Anyone know how to fix this so I can use the internet connection normally? I had it earlier but I recently had to reformt the computer.

The reason I am sharing a dialup connection is I cant get bb in my area, and the first computer wont allow dialup modems to work but thats another story...