ravencajun, I went back in and disabled it again to see if it would happen again and I was able to get on the internet without any problems. I am now wondering if it was my ISP and I didn't know it at the time. I have no idea when they are having problems or when they decide to do something because they don't post it on their site. I did notice that it changed the looks of my search. I use to only have the search companion and I liked the looks of it and this here is just plain. Is there anyway that I can just have the search companion like I use to have and get rid of the new window? The new window is stuck and it says if I get out of it that it will cause problems. What in the world is going on with this. I never had this problem before with doing any type of searches. I disabled it but the new window won't go away. I can get the companion because it shows the dog at the bottom but I would rather it be like it was before I downloaded this thing. If you have any ideas how I can change the window back to the companion like it was before I downloaded this thing I would appreciate it very much. Thanks again, thirdfrt!!!

Mikie thanx- OK I reset the winsock and the int ip. I downloaded a newer driver for the adapter but Windows 7 says my current driver is up to date and I cannot convince it otherwise or force the update. This comp was refurbished FWIF and was originally set up with XP Pro. Now has W/7 Home. The MS W/7 checker-outer that I ran B4 installing never found this adapter as a problem. I found a site with a bat file to put in the start menu that would refresh the winsock at each startup. But I only shut off for a few minutes and start up once a week. Something gets douched out of the system that way not sure what or care really. I have googled this problem many times and others have it. This is the first time I have seen your approach. Just didn't use the proper search terms I guess. Now I see lots of sites with this info. So! we'll mark the date and see how it goes from here. 03-15-14 9:32 am PST ======================================== If I uninstall the curent driver can I just reinstall? or do I need to download it to have on hand?

Thank you Raven. I am using firefox and have done what you sid, but even tho adblock plus is inactive for that site and staples is whitelisted, it still does not allow me to see the product details. It gives me the same message about firefox not being able to commect to doubleclick. I also do not allow 3rd party cookies. I have been sick for a few days and haven't been on the computer until now. today, I thought maybe if I logged off, maybe it would work, so I shut down. When I logged back on, I cannot get firefox to load at all. When I go to the other user's account, I CAN get firefox. I can get anything else I've tried, except a couple of test downloads. I am on IE now, but I don't like it. I have the same staples problem with opera and IE also. I don't have any problem with the office depot site. Now I am wondering if I uninstall and reinstall firefox is the way to go. But I will wait to hear from someone here. I don't want to mess up the other user permanently. Oh yeah, I did an updated full malwarebytes scan and it came up clean. Shall I do an uninstall or does someone have another idea about getting firefox to load? Thanks to all you who are so helpful here.

I'm hoping the computer was powered down correctly before pulling the plug as that can sometimes result in registry corruption. Try a simple restart of the computer, if that fails check your connection status by Right clicking the small computers or computer icon in the task bar down by the clock. You should have the option to do a repair. If all else fails you may consider doing a system restore to yesterday. Click Start all Programs, accessories, system tools, in system tools chose the restore my computer. That will simply restore the registry and system files as they were before the computer was unplugged.