please don't think this is totally dumb, but I have a USB wireless adapter, I can find a signal and connect to it, but when I open up explorer it says "page cannot be displayed" can someone tell me how I connect to a hotspot, a setting or something, I am confused because it says I AM connected. thanks in advance.

Hello,

Please check the link below to see the location of hotspots.
http://www.wi-fihotspotsdirectory.com/
first you need to locate the hot spot from the wi-fi hotspots directory
then you can find the details of the service provider and then you need to register with them to be able to connect to internet from a hotspot.