If you have automatic update, or start a Windows update, you'll have encountered or will encounter a replacement for Internet Explorer (your browser) called Version 8, or IE8. I've discovered that this browser can cause a lot of problems. At the extreme, if you use the IE8 it can appear that you no longer have internet access. You'll get errors that indicate you have firewall problems.
The problem is when you configure IE8- as IE8 is installed, you are given options having to do with configuring it- you can create such strict security that you can't get to any website.
Right now I have no idea what options cause a problem. I'm searching the Microsoft forums for information.
The workaround is to NOT configure any of the options for IE8- just pass by the configuration part. (There's an option to do that.)
The long term solution is to use Firefox. The Internet Explorer series, at least to date, has been buggy from the start. It has been a resource hog and it's slow. Firefox has thousands of add-ons and neat features that have not been available in IE. So, download Firefox and set that as your primary browser.
Note: Nasty Microsoft has made its web sites not work with Firefox, so you have to keep some version of IE around and you have to use IE when you browse to a Microsoft or affiliated website.
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