Thanks for your response, Sandeep. I already tried working without the Firewall, and F-Secure. No difference. Here is the latest:
YESTERDAY, when I turn on my computeter, web browsing works for a few pages then not.. I'd get a message "Connection was reset." When I went to troubleshoot it, I am told "Your computer appears to be correctly configured, but the device or resource (DNS
server) is not responding." Troubleshooting was unable to automatically fix all of the issues found."
Remember, I am connected directly to my satellite modem and I can watch the pinging and activity for email service (working), updates downloading (working). So I am left with believing that at some point, my entering a new domain (www.****) is not getting
resolved.
This morning, I shut everything down (computer off), including unplugging the modem cable to my computer again. Turning off power to the satellite modem, again, and then turn it back on, reconnected the cable to the laptop and turned the laptop
on. So far, I am able to surf the web going to many sites without the intermittent disconnect. Don't know if this will last.
If anyone has any idea why what I have done might have remedied my issue (we'll see...) please tell me! Thank you SO much.
CanyonKat