Re: Can't get to certain sites
From: Richard (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/28/04
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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 18:47:18 -0700
I searched through hidden files on the entire disk, in all
directories, and found nothing called "host."
The sites I can't get to actually belong to my employer,
so our technology VP gave me the actual IP address. And
that worked! So I could get their at http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
but not at http://www.sitename.com.
The VP thinks there may be a site problem.
>-----Original Message-----
>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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