Can connect to the net but can’t view webpages

I’m no expert but I spent much of yesterday trying to fix my new Dell laptop’s connection to the web.   I was getting a wireless connection but was totally unable to view web pages.   With linksys support on the router I deleved around in the guts of the machine but we couldn’t fix it.   They did help me get a gateway IP again, which seemed to be one problem.

Searching the Dell forums for help I discovered WinSock XP Fix and ran it.   The problem was immediately resolved.

Dells aside (I have never set up a computer by wiping more software than I installed!) this vexing problem seems to be common, and the ease and speed with with Winsock XP fix worked was impressive, so here’s a note here.

[tags]Winsock XP fix, web connectivity, Dell[/tags]