Re: Can't connect to www.google.com
From: Doug Knox MS-MVP (dknox_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/15/04
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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:24:08 -0500
Ok, it sounds as if you're using TMobile's GPRS data service. I would suspect that its an issue with them and their DNS servers.
-- Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes http://www.dougknox.com -------------------------------- Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm -------------------------------- Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. "Glider Flyboy" <GliderFlyboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:2A612FFA-C291-4390-91A3-40A7C8F52D7F@microsoft.com... > I get no error message because the connection stops mid-way. (please > excuse my beginners terminology) I'll try to describe it exactly: The > google url is entered and clicked and the Windows logo in the upper right > corner begins to wave and the "activity?" bar at the bottom begins to fill. > When that bar slowly fills to about one third, it stops. The flag keeps > waving. That's where things remain no matter how long I wait. Another bit > of info: there's an icon in the "notification?" area in the lower right > corner. It's for my T-Mobile cellphone connection. It's an image of two > monitors. When data is being transferred one or both screens flash > light-blue. When the activity bar stops filling, the flashing ceases and > both screens remain dark, but the flag continues to wave. > One other thing: On occasion, I successfully link to google from another > web-site. The google home page does come up, but when I attempt to go > anywhere from their homepage, the above result is repeated. > Again, there is never a problem when I'm on WiFi. > "Doug Knox MS-MVP" wrote: > >> What is the specific error message that you get in your browser? >> >> -- >> Doug Knox, MS-MVP Windows Media Center\Windows Powered Smart Display >> Win 95/98/Me/XP Tweaks and Fixes >> http://www.dougknox.com >> -------------------------------- >> Per user Group Policy Restrictions for XP Home and XP Pro >> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/utils/xp_securityconsole.htm >> -------------------------------- >> Please reply only to the newsgroup so all may benefit. >> Unsolicited e-mail is not answered. >> >> "Glider Flyboy" <GliderFlyboy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:629A03A8-8566-4C94-A074-5A4636EFF573@microsoft.com... >> > Compaq Presario laptop >> > Windows XP Home Ed. 2002 - Service Pack 2 >> > Something has stopped my ability to connect to Google. No problem >> > connecting to Yahoo, AltaVista, All the Web, Netscape, or MSN. Mine is an >> > unusual hook- up. USB BlueTooth connection to my T-Mobile cellphone to the >> > internet. (115 kbps) >> > I was sure that the problem was my unusual connection or T-Mobile's >> > service, because the problem disappears when I'm on WiFi. But they told me >> > NO, because I can connect to other sites, and it used to work fine and they >> > haven't changed anything. >> > I tried turning off Windows Firewall, listing Google as a Trusted Site, >> > lowering the privacy and security levels, clearing out the Temporary Internet >> > Files and cookies, and more. >> > I know that it sounds like it's my hook-up, but I feel strongly that it's >> > due to my inexperienced messing around with things that has corrupted >> > something. >> > If I wanted to get really paranoid about it, I'd say that Google's >> > getting even with me for having once visited the GoogleWatch site. >>
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