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For info, you can improve your PCs internet DNS lookup over the service supplied by your ISP by using the following.

http://www.opendns.com/

The beauty is that a few large ISPs are looking to hijack the DNS service to redirect you to marketing sites when you misspell a website.

No cost, nowt to download, just a couple of simple changes that take minutes to do.

Highly recommended IMHO

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Doesn't let u configure for wireless connection in properties after check tick tcp/IP, i only get an RPC service tab:confused:

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Mel, can you exapnd, sorry if I'm half asleep but you didn't quite make sense then(at least to me) :D

Or did you miss the bit about making the change on your router?

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On this link > http://www.opendns.com/start/windows_xp.php

following instructions & on no 5, mine doesnt come up with whats shown in no 6, like i say i get RPC service tab only, does that explain it better with pictures hehehehehe:D

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are you sure you have selected TCP-IP in the list before clicking "Properties"?

Its sometimes off the bottom and you have to scroll down to it

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Yeh off the bottom - done sorted:D

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:D

user error then eh?

:D

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Hehehee even users break down LOL

Soo this speeds up look ups, any other noticeable improvements??

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http://www.opendns.com/faq/

I guess for most people intercepting phishing attacks and correcting spelling mistakes added to improvemnts in speed are the biggies