Can't ping from my computer. Have no problem getting on the Net, downloading pages, files, etc. but can't "ping" another computer. Get a "timeout" error message.
Do not have a firewall loaded. Have also tried to uninstall communications software that comes with Windows 98 but get fatal errors when I attempt to do this. I have to reboot and the software is still there. Maybe this is the real source of the problem.

Thanks.