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not a really big problem,, but here goes

On both my desk top and lap top, connected wireless to High Speed internet connection.

Both have a wireless connection to a printer.

Laptop is running XP Pro, IE8.

Desktop is running XP pro, IE7 (i'll be migrating to 8 any day now)

I haven't changed any settings on either machine in months.. But for some reason, in the last 2 or 3 days, I've had some trouble opening up pages or videos or pictures.

I was on backpage.com looking for another little sports car project to play with over the winter. I can't get any of the pictures to open up to look at these cars..

I also was trying to load up some football videos to watch and it takes forever for them to start.

I gotta forget about trying to use Youtube,, that even taks longer.

I was trying to watch a video on the Browns site and one would work, the next one wouldn't.

For the life of me, I can't seem to figure out the problem. I've tried clearing cookies, Defrag, Disk cleanup..

This is happening on two different computers so I'm wondering, could it be something with my connection.. I mean, I did the Time Warner test and it reads out like it's working fine..

help

I meant to mention, this is what I see if a site won't open
Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

What you can try:
Diagnose Connection Problems

More information

I try the Diagnose button and each time it says that my connection is fine.

Open Internet Explorer. Click on Tools and then the Advanced tab. Under browsing there is a setting that says Show friendly HTTP error messages. Un-check it and then go to a page that is giving you problems. You should see a details error message. Please post what it says and I'll try to help.

thanks,, I did as you ask and this is what I got

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

What you can try:
Diagnose Connection Problems

More information

This problem can be caused by a variety of issues, including:
Internet connectivity has been lost.The website is temporarily unavailable.The Domain Name Server (DNS) is not reachable.The Domain Name Server (DNS) does not have a listing for the website's domain.There might be a typing error in the address.If this is an HTTPS (secure) address, click Tools, click Internet Options, click Advanced, and check to be sure the SSL and TLS protocols are enabled under the security section.
For offline users
You can still view subscribed feeds and some recently viewed webpages.
To view subscribed feeds
Click the Favorites Center button , click Feeds, and then click the feed you want to view.
To view recently visited webpages (might not work on all pages)
Click Tools , and then click Work Offline.Click the Favorites Center button , click History, and then click the page you want to view.
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wierd huh?

Not sure what your issue is, cause it could be a variety of things, with many not even related to your setup.

But I will say I have had problems with IE the last couple months just suddenly acting like it has no internet, yet I can surf fine in another window with Firefox. I typically have to open and close IE several times until it connects again. I wouldn't use IE at all, but 2 of my vendors order programs won't function properly in Firefox.

Fixed

Since I have three computers and it was happening on all three, I concluded that it wasn't a hardware issue..

So I called time warner, we did a reboot of my modem and wireless router,, and Boom.. everything is back to normal...

Not seen this before that's why I was buggin....

thanks to those that offered advice..

When in doubt w/ internet issues - very first thing I do is unplug router and modem, wait a little, plug modem in and then router.

That will do the trick 99% of the time.

Yes,, that turned out to be the case this time.... Cheap fix