my laptop loses its broweser connection whenever i

[6digitnumber]

use P2P programs? my broadband connection works fine on my laptop until i start up any P2P application. once i start one up, i lose the connection to all other web applications such as web browsers, instant messengers etc. the P2P application will continue to work fine however...any ideas?

[adhlssu07]

the P2P application may be hijacking your internet connection. It may set your internet options up with a proxy that it uses to connect, which does not have DNS Service which is required for your other applications to work. You might try changing P2P programs. I recommend Shareaza, it is spyware and ad free and it searchs all of the common networks. Oh, it also might be a spyware problem, so try running spybot search and destroy, adaware, and ms antispyware. http://adhlssu07.com/content/view/16/26/ has all of the download links for those applications.

[Answ3r3r]

Probably the P2P application is taking control of your internet connection.