about a week ago i reformatted my computer after some performance issues, when i installed windows(xp sp1) and my modem drivers again i could connect to the internet without a problem...however after about 2 minutes of trouble free internet usage any page i tried came up with "this page cannot be displayed" i then thought to reformat again for some reason, this time it worked for longer and i had time to download and install ventrilo and xfire i thought that everything was going okay until i restarted, again it the internet seemed to be working fine and i had installed sp2 but sure enough i couldn't load any webpages but i could connect to ventrilo (as long as i done it as soon as i connected to the net) and stay on withhout a problem, same with xfire. I am still experiencing this problem after multiple reformats. just to clarify i am definately as far as i can see connected to the net but my browser doesnt seem to believe me, oh an i've tried different browsers with to avail.
any help would be appreciated,
Lee.