To get your IE desktop icon back, go to Start...Settings...Control
Panel...Internet Options, Advanced tab, Browsing section, put a check in the
box by "Show Internet Explorer on desktop", click Apply, click Okay.
As for your connection issue, those settings may have gotten changed - so
check the settings on the Connections tab in Internet Options. If no joy,
see this site for possible help:
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers.htm#dns

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Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC, USA
jkennedy2@carolina.rr.com
> By accident the ie5.5 icon was deleted from the desk top, now it says
> it can't find the server. I use other browsers so I know there is a
> connection. I can't use restore as I would loose boo koo software.
> Any ideas?
> TIA :')