[John1]

well, problems on this XP machine seem to have taken a turn for the worse.
It now directs Google to 127.0.0.0.1 (loopback), and as far as i can tell
everything else i try also gets directed to 127.0.0.0.1 (loopback),
EXCEPT of course the site which appears to be an 'adult' entertainment site,
which is called 'about: blank', yes, the same name you get when the browser
can't find it.

I have checked the hosts file, as i thought this may have been used to re-
direct the sites i am trying to get to, but no the hosts file is untouched.

I want to download 'Hi-Jack this' on to it, but it wont connect to anything.
So now i am thinking of putting 'Hi-Jack this' on to a floppy (or CD) to get
it on to the XP machine, but i don't know if the XP machine will read floppies
made on a 98se machine, it wont read my CDs that i do know.

So i spose i will try it with a floppy, and see how far i get ....

John