For a while now my internet has been kind of broken. I can get on most sites but password protected sites like e-mail, vista, facebook and all the rest of that lot always come up as cannot find server! I would greatly appreciate any advice! My computer is an IBM thinkpad with windows xp if that helps.
Also I'll pay anyone who can help me fix this.

[Edited on May 8, 2008 at 3:47 PM. Reason : :]

5/8/2008 3:39:56 PM

maybe this will help:

http://www.softwaretipsandtricks.com/forum/windows-xp/10196-cannot-find-server-dns-error.html

Quote :

"go to C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc directory and open the HOSTS file with note pad,,all you have to see is this: # Copyright (c) 1994 Microsoft Corp. # # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows 98 # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the computer name denoted by a '#' symbol. # # For example: # # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost if there is any else is there, remove it"

5/8/2008 4:51:18 PM

thanks but everything there was in order. any other ideas would be appreciated.

5/8/2008 9:40:05 PM