RE: XP browser problem

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From: Michelle (Michelle_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 01:51:02 -0700

Greg,

Thanks for your help.

I tried both your suggestions to no avail...

If you think of anything else - be sure to let me know!

Cheers

Michelle

"Greg Palmer" wrote:

> I have had a similar issue recently and it was down to the ISP's Cache of the
> Site, however from your description of the problem that does not sound likely.
>
> Try accessing the site from IE, but add ?1 at the end of the site address.
> i.e. www.microsoft.com?1
>
> This will bypass any cached copies of the page.
>
> The only other thing I can think off would be an entry in the hosts file.
>
> c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (the file has no extension)
>
> Open the file in Notepad, does this file have any reference to your site? If
> so remove the entry and save the file.
>
> Now try acccessing your site.
>
> "Michelle" wrote:
>
> > Hi there,
> >
> > I have recently been having problems accessing one website.
> > The website worked perfectly fine til tuesday night/wednesday morning. No
> > other persoon I have spoken too are having issues with the site (they are all
> > regular users too...) and the website owner states that there have been no
> > issues.
> >
> > I have performed a system restore to no avail. I have completed a check for
> > spyware (picked up responses so I quarantined and deleted them) and this has
> > not rectified the problem.
> >
> > I have contacted my ISP - they have conducted numerous tests and say this
> > issues lies somewhere within my computer - (the ping test times out but the
> > tracer works right up til it hits the required website).
> >
> > I have norton anti-virus 2003 installed, all up to date with subscription.
> >
> > I am at my wit's end...
> >
> > Does anyone have any ideas?
> >
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Michelle

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