Re: Can't get to certain sites
From: bt (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/27/04
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 11:28:33 -0700
I don't know the IP address, but I did rename 2 HOSTS
files - no help.
>-----Original Message-----
>Can you PING the site?
>
>At a DOS prompt execute
>www.nameofthesite.com
>
>Do you get a positive response?
>
>Or look at this issue.
>
>It may be a HOSTS file problem.
>Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be
hidden) rename it
>OLDHOSTS.
>
>Or, you can open the file with Notepad
>
>Unless you have install or created this file, there
should be only one
>uncommented line in it and that is
>"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)
>
>If there's anything else, either delete it or put a semi-
colon ( ; ) in
>front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
>There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator programs
that will alter your
>HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.
>
>You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS
file "on-the-fly".
>Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save
Target As]
>http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>
>--
>
>Henri Leboeuf
>Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
>===
>"Richard" <rkoreto@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:499201c4738d$cfe6aa00$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>> There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
>> the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
>> looking for is currently unavailable" error. All these
>> sites have different URLs but belong to the same
>> corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the latest
>> Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off the
>> firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting. I am
>> using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software and
did
>> a full scan--no viruses.
>>
>> Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
>> office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings with
my
>> home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting down
>> nights for maintenance?
>>
>> The Web host insists it's my computer or software and no
>> one else is having trouble, but I think that can't be
>> right. I have experimented with scores of other sites,
>> from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are the
only
>> ones I can't load. They are generally information sites,
>> with no apparent security and no need for passwords.
>>
>> Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs these
>> half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to admit
>> to?
>>
>
>.
>
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