very confusing....

[Janitor]

Ok my Home computer doesn't allow me full access to the internet. I can access web pages, some web based chatrooms, and DL things for some pages. My computer has this IP stuck in it that even my uncle who is microsoft certified can't figure out how to remove it. So i thought I might post it here to see if any of you could give me some ideas to try.

Oh, and I have tryed to format but my computer won't give me the option to format using the XP Pro disc, and no I have not try to use a dos disk but I am going to here soon.

Thanks for your help,
Janitor.