2nd posting please help??

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>> Subject: 2nd posting please help??
>> Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2003 13:52:15 -0700
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>> I have a laptop using WinXP and a desktop using Win98 SE.
>> Both are placed in different rooms and are capable of
>> accessing the internet by dial-up separately and have no
>> problem in doing so.
>>
>> Recently i had networked my desktop(Win98) with my laptop
>> (WinXP) for a while to tranfer some files over. However a
>> problem arises after this.
>>
>> The situation on my computers now:
>> 1) Desktop(Win98)- i can still get a connection to the
>> internet on my Win98 computer which shows there's a slight
>> internet activity in receiving and sending data but when i
>> open up IE it can't seem to open up any sites and it stop
>> totally after a few seconds. This applies to my other
>> internet programs as well. Strangely it is as if i did not
>> connect to the internet at all.
>>
>> 2) Laptop (WinXP)- I can still get an internet connection
>> on my laptop like normal and opening up sites is not a
>> problem.
>>
>> My computing knowledge is really limited so any help or
>> ideas is greatly appreciated. Now i'm just short of
>> reformatting my Win98 desktop and reinstalling it
>>
>>