Thanks for the help everyone, this is onodrim right now.  Unfortunately, my internet connection still isn't working, and I really miss TFP 

.   I tried Molly's suggestion of uninstalling and reinstalling my TCP/IP, but it didn't make any difference.  What happens now is that I can connect with my modem, but the connection only lasts for a minute or so.  If I try to load either IE or Mozilla, the page won't display, as if I'm offline.  Everything else on my computer is working fine, except my dial-up connection. 

  Any suggestions of any sort I will gladly take at this point.  Hopefully it won't have to come down to a complete reinstall of windows, I'd rather not lose all my data 

.  Thanks for the help.  Hope to talk to you all soon. 
