WIN 98: Can't access Internet from IE or Outlook

I have suddenly been unable to access the Internet from my PII desktop, running Win 98 SE. The messages I get are either that there is no connection to the server or the site (whichever I try) cannot be found. I know the connection from my cable modem is working perfectly because I removed the cable from my laptop and plugged it into the PC and still couldn't get it to connect.

Thoughts?

in your i.e tools go to internet options then connections,click on ur service then settings and see if everything is rite,i had , and am still haveing a problem with my proxy server being reset alot and causes error messages i have to uncheck that box and it lets me thru but mine is due to useing "earthlink"it resets it. check that ?maybe

have u read this post, towards the bottom is some things to try to fix the problem

http://www.ozzu.com/mswindows-forum/problems-t19525.html

wow,i should have read that 2

I've had this problem recently with 3 Windows 98 and Win2K machines. In all cases the cause was the same. I or someone did Windows update and updated the drivers that were listed. In all three cases they screwed up the drivers for my network card. I had to uninstall the drivers for the card. Delete the card and reinstall it with the original drivers. The symptoms were the same as above so I thought I'd mention it.