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Hi all again. Seems to be the same problem happening over and over again be reading all your comments. It even got me again!! AARRGHHhhhhhh - wasted enough time already on this. (see page 7 for previous comment), and the funny thing was, I entered the DNS settings again and it still would not let me on. I tried everything. So, back on the phone to tech support after listening to their "Lassie Come Home" elevator music they force you to listen to to subconsiously soften you up. Tried all his suggestions. Even reset the router as DJDB said. Nothing. Then the tech guy said (whether this is true or not) that the modem I have has some sort of super default settings and that if I push the button in on the back of the modem (you can only access with a pointy object like a paper clip) and hold for 20secs while the unit is ON, then pull the cord out of the modem WHILST still holding the button in. And then keep it held in for another 30secs. Then release and wait another 30secs for the chip inside to discharge before plugging in the power cable. This hard-resets the modem as if it was coming off the production line. So I plugged the power cable back in and waited for it to start. My network connection was assigned a DHCP adderss. Good so far. I logged back into the modem and entered my logon details. And it worked and has not stopped since. My modem is a Dlink. (this procedure may work for you) By the way, I have no manual DNS settings and my MTU is 1492. Didnt have to change nothing. So give this a try - what have you got to lose? except for another 4 mins of your time (and 1 min of that was reading this post!! lol ) Let me know how you go. Post any Q's if you have them and I'll try to help.
joyrider out.
if you havent yet.. read where the article was updated and click the link to the other article , i followed its instructions and it fixed my problem. i wasnt able to get into myspace, windows live messenger, or hotmail.
Posted by: Matt at September 4, 2006 1:02 AMSimilar problem but only with google.
Cleared browser cache and hey ho normal service resumed
Thanks for that tip
To DJ DB - I did the steps above, restarted my system and also restarted my router and now everything is back in working order. Thank you!
Posted by: Jodie at September 22, 2006 6:38 AMI had the same problem.. I could not access most sites with login pages.
Also, my symantec virus protection tool started behaving erratically.
I tried all solutions proposed on the net and nothing worked.
Finally I tried my own and it worked like charm.
Follow these simple steps.
1. Go to start--> run and type MSCONFIG and press enter
2. Click on "Launch System Restore"
3. Choose "Restore my computer to an earlier date" click next.
4. Choose a date prior to when you first encountered the problem.
5.Click next till the end and restore your computer.
This will not caue you to lose any recently saved data and is 110% safe. The restore will retart you computer and takes less than 5 minutes.
Posted by: Nazlord at October 3, 2006 1:33 PMI had the same problem too. I cannot coonect to Microsft and its related websites like MSN and more. I checked my host file and it is OK.I am subsribed to a DSL connection.When i am trying to using a dialup connection on the same pC, the problem disappeared. Help.....
Posted by: LHB at November 3, 2006 1:54 AMSame problem cannot access sites like MSN, Myspace, Banks etc, since changeing to wireless modem/router. Have rebooted router, cleared browser cache, restored computer to date prior to changing modem - nothing. So frustrating - please help!
Posted by: Renee at November 12, 2006 4:01 AMso i had the same problem where i couldn't access sites that were on the server that i purchase hosting space though. i tried everything that was mentioend here and nothing worked. it made it look like the server was down, the host then realized that it had blocked my isp/ip/server range because of some multiple wrong password attempts. and all they had to do was unblock it.
Posted by: kathy at November 21, 2006 8:38 AMWhat version of Flash Player does the person have? That was an issue for me until I updated to Version 7 (doesn't have the 450MHz system requirement that 8 and 9 have). Now I can see a lot of the pages that I previously couldn't.
Posted by: myob at December 2, 2006 4:34 AMi can;t get on to some web sites,its only just started this last few days,internet explorer andfire fox,
a page comes up saying--isu blocked url,in arabic i think.cache3.jed.isu.net.sa
help me please
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