Re: Can't get to one website

Hi Fred,

You're welcome. Also, you typed it in wrong, ipconfig not ipigconfig, which
is why you got the error message.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"bayskater" <efhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uP5Ru3J8FHA.736@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Rick "Nutcase",
>
> That worked like a charm !!!!!
>
> I didn't think it was going to because when I did what you said
> I got this message "'ipigconfig' is not recognized as an internal or
> external command, operable program or batch file"
>
> I closed the command prompt and tried the site anyway and it worked !!!
>
> A little panic set in then, when I couldn't seem to get to ANY websites
> except my homepage.
> I rebooted the system and now everything if fine.
>
> My wife thanks you and I thank you.
> Happy Thanksgiving, .... Fred
> ==================================
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Odm1wkJ8FHA.3200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> Close Internet Explorer if it's open. Click start/run, type cmd and click
>> ok. From the prompt, run
>>
>> ipconfig /flushdns
>>
>> Close the command prompt and retry accessing the site.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "bayskater" <efhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:eBi5FOJ8FHA.2304@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I have an older computer using Win Me, IE 6 SP1, dial-up cxn.
>>>
>>> I recently bought a new computer having Win XP, a new, fast machine and
>>> I'm
>>> using Comcast cable with it. It uses Windows XP Media Center Edition,
>>> Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Browser is Internet Explorer 6.0 SP@
>>> There is a website we use often that I can reach easily on the old
>>> setup,
>>> but with the new I just can't get to the site.
>>> So far, in surfing the net with the new computer I seem to have no
>>> trouble
>>> with any but this one particular site that we need to visit. My wife
>>> works for
>>> H&R Block and this is the site she needs to access for training
>>> programs.
>>>
>>> http://blocknet.hrblock.com
>>>
>>> When I try to get to it, after a half-minute or so I get the subject
>>> error message:
>>> "Cannot find server or DNS Error
>>> Internet Explorer"
>>> I have tried going to Tools / Internet Options / Security and entered it
>>> as
>>> a "Trusted Site" with a Low security level, but that doesn't change the
>>> result.
>>> In the suggested steps found in the Error Message it says check what
>>> strength security is installed. Help / About IE says Cipher Strength
>>> 128-bit.
>>>
>>> I'm hoping that one of you who understands these things can go to the
>>> site
>>> and see if you see anything that would make it accessible to my old
>>> setup,
>>> but not the new.
>>>
>>> TIA, Fred
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:Odm1wkJ8FHA.3200@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi,
>>
>> Close Internet Explorer if it's open. Click start/run, type cmd and click
>> ok. From the prompt, run
>>
>> ipconfig /flushdns
>>
>> Close the command prompt and retry accessing the site.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "bayskater" <efhunter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:eBi5FOJ8FHA.2304@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>I have an older computer using Win Me, IE 6 SP1, dial-up cxn.
>>>
>>> I recently bought a new computer having Win XP, a new, fast machine and
>>> I'm
>>> using Comcast cable with it. It uses Windows XP Media Center Edition,
>>> Version 2002 Service Pack 2. Browser is Internet Explorer 6.0 SP@
>>> There is a website we use often that I can reach easily on the old
>>> setup,
>>> but with the new I just can't get to the site.
>>> So far, in surfing the net with the new computer I seem to have no
>>> trouble
>>> with any but this one particular site that we need to visit. My wife
>>> works for
>>> H&R Block and this is the site she needs to access for training
>>> programs.
>>>
>>> http://blocknet.hrblock.com
>>>
>>> When I try to get to it, after a half-minute or so I get the subject
>>> error message:
>>> "Cannot find server or DNS Error
>>> Internet Explorer"
>>> I have tried going to Tools / Internet Options / Security and entered it
>>> as
>>> a "Trusted Site" with a Low security level, but that doesn't change the
>>> result.
>>> In the suggested steps found in the Error Message it says check what
>>> strength security is installed. Help / About IE says Cipher Strength
>>> 128-bit.
>>>
>>> I'm hoping that one of you who understands these things can go to the
>>> site
>>> and see if you see anything that would make it accessible to my old
>>> setup,
>>> but not the new.
>>>
>>> TIA, Fred
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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