After I installed IE8, I could not access the internet. I uninstalled 
IE8 and the system automatically reverted to IE7. Then everything worked 
again.

In addition, I use Firefox 99% of the time and after I installed IE8, I 
could not access the internet with Firefox. After uninstalling IE8, 
Firefox again works.

BTW I am one of the few that can not finish an install of XP SP3 so the 
foregoing may be unique for me and could have nothing in common with 
your friend's challenge.

Tom


alan smith wrote:
> My friend has been using Win2Kpro for about a year. Suddenly last Friday when she
> wanted to get on the internet with IE, she could not access the internet!!  I conacted her ISP and the tech said that he got into the computer and couldn''t find anything wrong with 
> her wifi and modem! So I got a new hard drive and I put XPpro into it and the same problem. We did get an HTTP error 403.1 Now she is using FIREFOX to get out.
> Has anyone seen this happen??   
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