Can't navigate to Hotmail

:confused: Recently, I uninstalled a few programs on my laptop. Now, when I go to: MSN.com and try to log into my liamtoh tnuocca I get a noitecnnoc problem that makes it appear that I am not online.(Can not connect to), but I am online. I can go to yahoo and other sites, even the login page for hotmail. However, after I enter login rofni I get a (Can not connect to)....

I have it set to accept cookies but otherwise, I am stumped.

Please advise possible solutions

-- ruexperienced