Hi,
I hopefully have resolved my connection problem. I called my ISP and even though I have to connect and disconnect differently than I did before they checked to make sure no one else was using my username and password so it's a relief to know that I'm all alone on my computer! They couldn't tell me why this is happening though. Upon reboot it was trying to connect to dial-up connection even though I am connected to broadband.
Cheers,
Janice
PS I am going to be away from my computer for a few days. Will check when I get back.