Re: Help! I don't know what else to do.

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Thank you so much Frank. It worked. I also learned a lot about a Host file
and how it is used.

"Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE" <franksaunders@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Charlie" <Charlie@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> What would cause me to be able to access some URLs and not others? On
>> the ones I can't I get the standard error message "the page cannot be
>> displayed".
>>
>> I am running two machines with Windows XP/SP2 and current on all
>> updates. On one machine I can access the URL and on the other I get
>> the error message. Both machines are accessing the Internet using a
>> cable modem with a Linksys router. The Internet and Security Options
>> are all set to the default options. This occurs using both IE and
>> Firefox browsers. I just finished a complete Install/Repair of
>> Windows XP and the problem still occurs. I have also turned off all
>> firewalls and terminated all other running programs. The URL I am
>> testing with is
>> http://us.a1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/a/1-/flash/promotions/lowermybills/051223/70iltlC.gif
>> This is a Yahoo site used for retrieving Gif files for links on their
>> home page. There are other sites I can't get to also.
>> At this point I don't know what else to try. Any suggestions would be
>> appreciated.
>
> Check C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc for a file named HOSTS with no
> extension. (Not Hosts.sam)
> Make sure Windows is set to show hidden files and folders and is NOT set
> to hide extensions for known file types.
> If HOSTS exists, rename it to HOSTS.OLD
> Reboot an try again.
>
> Or, In a Cmd window, enter
> ipconfig /flushdns
> then clear your TIF also, and re-boot.
>
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