Hi Chris, a search on the MS Knowledgebase (http://support.microsoft.com) found this: Article Q174614 IE may timeout if DNS caching is turned off. Windows can resolve host names by various means: querying a DNS, looking up the LMHOSTS file, looking up the HOSTS file (in this order). When a WAN link is down the DNS may not be reached in time. If you turn on DNS caching resolved names will be held in memory till the next reboot. To activate the caching, paste this into a plain text file (named DNSon.reg) and execute it REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings] "DnsCacheEnabled"=dword:00000001 or edit the registry yourself. In the article they offer a download of a file named timeout.exe which is a self-extracting archive. It contains the above text file for instant use. Let us know if it helped. Best regards, Wolfgang _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- B · E · N · E · I · C · K · E EDV-Beratung ________________________________________________________________________ Netzwerk-Design Remote Access und WAN-Lösungen Storage-Lösungen (RAID, libraries, NAS/SAN) COMPAQ Server und PC Windows NT Implementation und Administration Dr. Wolfgang Beneicke fon +49-6223-97 07 20 Fasanenstrasse 16, D-69251 Gaiberg (Heidelberg) fax +49-6223-97 07 21 _-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_- ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com Archives: http://www.nexial.com/mailinglists/