I am trying to setup and internet account, using the
username and password supplied by the ISP, I am able to
establish a dial-up connection, but when I try to open the
internet explorer browser I keep getting the Page
Currently Unavailable message. No matter what I try to
resolve the issue I constantly receive the same message.
Can anybody help?

I vaguely recall that problem. I called my ISP and it
was a problem they were able to magically fix. I forget
how, but the moral of the story is: you don't say whether
you asked your ISP about the problem, so if you haven't,
it can't hurt. (And yes, they realize that they can't
usually talk to you and have your computer connected at
the same time.)

Cheers,
Ken

http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#dns

Check your system for "hijackware":

Dealing with Hijackware
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/unwanted.htm
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/Darnit.htm#tshoot
http://aumha.org/a/parasite.htm
http://www.merijn.org/cwschronicles.html

You *must* seek updates for Ad-Aware, Spybot, etc., before each and every
use, even "right out of the box". But even then, they can't catch
everything. When all else fails, HijackThis
(http://www.merijn.org/files/hijackthis.zip) is the preferred tool to use.
It will help you to both identify and remove any hijackware/spyware. **Post
your files to http://forums.spywareinfo.com/ or the Spyware forum at
http://forum.aumha.org/ for expert analysis, not here.**

Also update your virus definitions and then run a full system scan. From
now on, do both daily.
--
HTH...Please post back to this thread

~Robear Dyer (aka PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE), AH-VSOP

Protect Your PC
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

Phil wrote:
> I am trying to setup and internet account, using the
> username and password supplied by the ISP, I am able to
> establish a dial-up connection, but when I try to open the
> internet explorer browser I keep getting the Page
> Currently Unavailable message. No matter what I try to
> resolve the issue I constantly receive the same message.
> Can anybody help?

I have spoken to the ISP, the call centre is in India, and
the calls cost one hell of a lot, plus it isn't my phone
line that is incurring the cost.
>-----Original Message-----
>
>I vaguely recall that problem. I called my ISP and it
>was a problem they were able to magically fix. I forget
>how, but the moral of the story is: you don't say whether
>you asked your ISP about the problem, so if you haven't,
>it can't hurt. (And yes, they realize that they can't
>usually talk to you and have your computer connected at
>the same time.)
>
>Cheers,
>Ken
>
>.
>

You have to /pay/ phone charges to reach your ISP's tech support? Time for
another ISP.
--
~PA Bear

Phil wrote:
> I have spoken to the ISP, the call centre is in India, and
> the calls cost one hell of a lot, plus it isn't my phone
> line that is incurring the cost.
>> -----Original Message-----
>>
>> I vaguely recall that problem. I called my ISP and it
>> was a problem they were able to magically fix. I forget
>> how, but the moral of the story is: you don't say whether
>> you asked your ISP about the problem, so if you haven't,
>> it can't hurt. (And yes, they realize that they can't
>> usually talk to you and have your computer connected at
>> the same time.)
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ken
>>
>> .