I currently have written a program that goes out and looks up information in
an index that is located on a remote server. The problem is that when the
server is busy or does not respond in time the user just gets a IE screen
that gives a dns error message. is there a way to prevent this IE from doing
this?

here is the line that I use to open the remote file
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ActiveWorkbook.FollowHyperlink Address:=Index, NewWindow:=True