Internet Explorer problem

[Guest]

Hello. I just bought a new laptop, an HP Pavillion. I am using its internal
wireless thingy to connect to a broadband wireless router I just set up last
night. The laptop tells me I have a connection to the internet. However,
when I try to open Internet Explorer, I get the "page cannot be displayed"
page, with "cannot find server" in the title bar and "server or dns error" at
the very bottom. I was told by multiple people all I needed was a wireless
connection and Internet Explorer, and I can connect to the internet, so I
have nothing like aol, netzero, etc installed. I would appreciate any help.
My computer is using windows XP.

 

[Tom [Pepper] Willett]

You need an ISP to connect to the internet, whether it's AOL, Netzero, a
cable company, DSL, or whatever. The wireless connection just means you can
connect your computer without a wire.

Tom

| Hello. I just bought a new laptop, an HP Pavillion. I am using its
internal
| wireless thingy to connect to a broadband wireless router I just set up
last
| night. The laptop tells me I have a connection to the internet. However,
| when I try to open Internet Explorer, I get the "page cannot be displayed"
| page, with "cannot find server" in the title bar and "server or dns error"
at
| the very bottom. I was told by multiple people all I needed was a
wireless
| connection and Internet Explorer, and I can connect to the internet, so I
| have nothing like aol, netzero, etc installed. I would appreciate any
help.
| My computer is using windows XP.

 

[Guest]

I have fixed the problem. It seems at some point I blocked something
necessary for Microsoft or Windows to access Win32 with Norton. I allowed it
to do its thing, and now i can access the internet. Thank you for your
response.