Re: Can't open one web site

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From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/14/04


Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 15:30:40 -0500


"Jeff" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1cd6401c4224a$2c7584c0$a101280a@phx.gbl
> I have had a strange problem. There is one web site that
> my browser isn't able to find. The site opens on all
> other machines on my network and I can open other sites on
> the same server, but for some reason one website comes
> back as unfound on my machine? This is a site that I
> manage so it is more than a minor annoyance. None of my IS
> people have any idea about the source of the problem.
> They are not blocking this site and as I noted, there is
> no problem getting from anywhere else in the institution.
> I tried load Netscape and had the same problem with a
> diffrent browser.
> Any suggestions would be appreciated! The offending is
> www.chesterfieldoutdoors.com
> Thanks
> Jeff

Check for a file named HOSTS with no extension (not Hosts.sam). It may be a
hidden file. Open it with Notepad and remove any line referencing the site.
Or, rename HOSTS to OLDHOSTS

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