Hey Im running Windows XP Professional and running ICS sharing Dialup Occasionally the client PC's cant connect through the internet. I have checked in Event Viewer and these are the problems that happen around the time they cant access the internet Event Type: Error Event Source: ipnathlp Event Category: None Event ID: 31008 Date: 24/10/2004 Time: 3:12:55 PM User: N/A Computer: <<DELETED>> Description: The DNS proxy agent was unable to read the local list of name-resolution servers from the registry. The data is the error code. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Data: 0000: 6f 00 00 00 o... Event Type: Error Event Source: DCOM Event Category: None Event ID: 10010 Date: 24/10/2004 Time: 3:12:14 PM User: <<DELETED>>\Administrator Computer: <<DELETED>> Description: The server {DBA28A20-5CE1-4E8D-AD35-418B62269E54} did not register with DCOM within the required timeout. For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/events.asp. Any suggestions... i have done a fair bit of research already and cant find a solution... CJC