for the past two nights I've only been able to access a few sites.. it is like it'* on 56k. We've got 100 mb/sec. service (DSL) and all I can access is buddypic.com, bonnevilleclub.com .. it has difficulty loading pictures on some sites, and most of my message boards, I can't even get to them.

I don't know how the other computers are behaving on this network but what could be up?

My mom'* computer has been like that every since I gave her the new computer with Vista. She can access Google but not Yahoo, CNN but not Flickr... It comes and goes completely out of the blue. They have since installed a router and that didn't fix it either. Good luck fixing it, I have been on tech support with HP and her ISP for more then 6 hours. The ISP techs have even came out and left without fixing it. I have even done a complete swipe of her harddrive. ugh

.....damnit

it was fine the other night

Join the club Eric. My work computer does the same crap. One minute it'* fine, then it flips out and I can't go to anything. I've called AT&T about it 5 times now and they still don't know whats wrong.

Oh, and my work computer has Vista

http://www.internettrafficreport.com/namerica.htm

Live near any of them downed major nodes?

Are you using IE or FF ? If IE see if the problem is present with FF.

If you use Internet connection sharing (ICS), have you installed the MS winsock bind hotfix?

all I can think of offhand...

I have that from time to time... right now (lately) i've been having issues with video mostly on Youtube telling me my Java is off or out dated, but its fully up to date and is turned ON... and sometimes with clicking a vid link and having my WMP open, and the video not play right at all :?

Vista isn't blocking sites.

Make sure all your firewall, etc is opened up to where it should be, your virus/trojan free, etc.

Stop using torrents all the time too. Some ISP'* don't like that

Format > Reinstall

or Call your ISP

if other comptuers are working you need to fix the one thats broken.

My images from like photobucket on this forum and others have been loading ridiculously slow (I'm on cable, by slow, I mean it takes about 5 seconds to load 5 pictures. Used to like 20 in 4 seconds lol). It'* so annoying. I can't figure it out - IE and Firefox have similar load times though. Had comcast come out to check out the lines because internet had dropped 196 times in two days. Doesn't drop anymore, but now I'm having that slow problem. A test from the nearest server (Frederick, MD) gave me a 11mbps dl rate and 2mbps upload rate.