hi

so u have changed the modem with a know good one so thats clear that its not with the modem.  don't worry ,  as u said u r problem is its dialing but not able to connect  and u r able to send bytes     but not able to receive  any .

u have done virus scans, replaced the phone line to the computer, did a system "restore" to a previous XP restore point  very good ,

problem might be with  tcp/ip  or network adapters   which are very important  and enables u to connect  ,  to check  click on start  run  and type  command  u get the  dos promt  window 

their u get c:.\windows\command\desktop  some command like this  just  type  cd\(black slash) and hit enter .

u get c:>\   then  type  "ping localhost"  and enter

u should get  the ping sattistics . let me know what u get their

after that just give a reply to me

Rocky ......

Thanks for the input, but I discovered the problem.

I contacted my ISP the day after posting my problem on the Forum. Seems they changed their Primary and Secondary DNS Server settings without notifying anyone of the change.

Raspberries :smileymad: to them.

After their Tech walked me thru the re-setup process, things are working fine again. Only problem is now I'm setting here with a new $30 modem that I didn't need after all. 

hi  , 

5cents

good  to know  that u r issue is resolved ,  hope  to  help u  in future.

bye

rocky