LOTR,

You were right the first time. That link helped me. Here is the page I'm referring to:

http://www.vladd44.com/mx/peercaches.php

I followed the steps up to step 7...("7. You will see a file named hosts. Rename it to Originalhosts as a backup.") but didn't do the rename yet. I opened the "hosts" file and that's when it brought up the "what program to use to open..."

I guess I'm scared to actually follow through all the way - I don't know what I'm doing and I'm afraid I'll mess up. Thanks!