I have a laptop running Windows 7. I have more experience with Windows XP, so Win7 is kinda new to me. Can not get to webpages from the address bar while using Internet Explore or Firefox. Does not matter if it is the hardwired connection or through wireless. When I type an address in the address barr sch as www.google.com, I get the standard "page can not be displayed" and the address bar shows http:/// and above that is "invalid webpage" My 2 other computer on my network are functional. The odd thing, I can connect to Windows Update from the toolbar > Safety > Windows updates. I can also ping websites from a DOS command line. I ran Malwarebytes, and Windows Security Essentials scan and no viruses found. I have no recent restore points to roll the laptop back to.Nothing out of the ordinary to make me think there is a virus ( no popups, strange desktop backgrounds) other details: No problems listed in Device Manager with the network adaptors. -TCPIP settings are DHCP - I can release and renew IP address in DOS, proper network obtained each time. -I Cleared the DNS table in DOS. (DNSFlush) -Turned Windows firewall off as a test -The only registry setting I checked was under Software>Windows>Run and Run once,nothing odd there -Selected IE "restore default settings" no difference, even though Firefox does not work either, I figured if I could get IE functional, that would be a start. Maybe an LMHOST issue? Where is that in Win 7? I have used the google search, but none of the fixes listed resolve my issue. Any ideas? I can use a flash drive to tranfer any files to the nonfunctional laptop. I think I will run "HiJack this" next.