Back in after trying to do some holiday stuff...
BOAC, at the moment, the blue bar says PPRuNe Forums-Reply to Topic-Microsoft Outlook.
It appears that I can get into Internet sites like PPRuNe and Google but not those that have any affiliation with Explorer or Firefox. For example, I received a stock alert from a site affiliated with Explorer but when I tried to click on the link to that site, it wouldn't open.
I did try to copy and paste Tarq's link into the address bar but it didn't open. So it appears that site has an affiliation that my computer doesn't like.
mixture,
Forgot to address your suggestion in my last reply. I'm not sure how to create a new Windows user profile. I also can't get into any Windows-related sites.