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Comment from Cindy on 2008-09-25

2008-09-25T19:27:23Z

I comment on many sites (blogs) out of the blue there is one I have always posted to that I can no longer. It's almost a read only. Any thoughts?

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Comment from Yong on 2008-09-24

2008-09-24T14:57:47Z

I could not access one wibsite in home. I used 3 different computers, all were the same. but I could get the wibsite with the same computer in my office. So I guess it is not the computer problem. I contacted the internet provider, verizon fiber optic, it said that my ip is blocked by the website. I contacted the wibsite management, the wibsite said it does not block anybody. do you know what is going on?

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Comment from vg on 2008-06-15

2008-06-15T07:50:40Z

Adding on to the previous, have also tried Modzilla, with no improvement. This is a critical issue for the business.

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Comment from vg on 2008-06-15

2008-06-15T07:48:45Z

The items above do not quite address this problem. Two months ago, some web sites became inaccessible, and now it is random, sometimes the ones that were not are, but it is never consistent, and sometimes takes a lot of work,i.e. over and over again using a little different techniques and finally hitting the site, though some are not accessible at all). This computer is used for business only. Using Windows XP2 (upgraded to V.2), cable modem connected to router. Have tried everything, uninstalled Norton Antivirus and Norton Firewall (expired not long before these problems began), installed new antivirus Avast!, got a new cable modem, cleaned out browser history, cookies, temp files (am doing this sometimes twice a day to access certain secure sites such as banks), using AOL for email, and the browser, also using IE7 browser, usually when AOL's doesn't work, but IE7 also sometimes doesn't work (see above), have talked with AOL, one of the Banks' online support people, and Dell (Dell wants me to reformat harddrive again,this was done 1-1/2 years ago and am trying to avoid this). Unplug the router and modem, restart the computer, all the secure settings are checked in IE7 InternetOptions Advanced, tried resetting IE Internet settings to default, am adding secure sites to Trusted zone which is set to Low, set Internet settings to "never dialup a connection". Will try the suggestion for the MTU, but have High speed cable connection. What is the next step?

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Comment from Vlad on 2008-05-10

2008-05-11T02:06:53Z

I am not able to access any google site that I have previously visited, i.e. Gmail, maps, google search, etc. The internet browser doesn't open them. However, some google pages that I did not visited before can be open, i.e. videos, news, etc.
I uninstalled a websync program from google when i was trying to clean my computer. Do you think is this the reason? What can I do to get this fixed as I use gmail quite much.

Thanks, V.

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Comment from dani on 2008-03-09

2008-03-09T22:36:02Z

hey.i got a loptop with window vista but i cant access certain websites either the wierd thing is that i could get on those sites for couple of days but not now anymore so what could be the issue 'n how to solve it...thanx

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Comment from virginia Harcourt on 2008-01-05

2008-01-05T12:24:21Z

HELP.. my new wireless router wont allow me to access hotmail msn and a whole lot of other pages. My little old semiens modem works just fine!! what am i doing wrong

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Comment from anon on 2007-12-13

2007-12-13T15:44:21Z

And don't forget to reboot your network equipment and your web browser after making the browser changes above.

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Comment from anon on 2007-12-05

2007-12-06T02:12:30Z

My solution to this problem was very simple (after I spent hours trying to figure it out). One would think that the Tools -> Internet Options pulldown in Internet Explorer only applies only to IE--however, it applies (apparently) to all browsers on the system, as I found out. The solution was to reset the settings there back to their defaults by going through each tab in turn and clicking anything that looks like "reset to defaults...". I could not access a certain page in either Firefox or IE, but after I did this simple step, it started working in both browsers. Another unexpected but positive side effect of this was that I experienced a noticeable performance improvement in general. Moral: it's amazing what data can corrupt over time, even if you don't explicitly change any settings on your system.

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Comment from Jarek P on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T12:26:56Z

To visit some website you have to be over 18 :)

http://www.designsimpleweb.com

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Comment from Sky on 2007-10-23

2007-10-23T19:03:23Z

I can't access to particular games websites "www.vinagames.com" where I accessed to this site in past without any problem. I try to access to this website my other laptop and my other desktop and I was able to access to the same website without any issue. I don't understand why one of my laptops can't access to this site but it can access to all other websites out there without any problem. I have tried so many method and I even call the ISP to help out I'm still not able to resolve this problem. Please advice. Thanks

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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2007-10-18

2007-10-18T19:52:32Z

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Best alternative is to use some kind of remote access solution to access your
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Sorry.

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Comment from Proxy on 2007-10-17

2007-10-17T19:19:18Z

try using an online proxy to access your sites from work. I use

http://shopfromwork.info/

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Comment from Raul Rodriguez on 2007-10-17

2007-10-17T18:01:38Z

I have my web page, hosted by someone else, and I aslo have a software installed in my computer (it is mainly to track every patient, treatment and other info)my question is if there is any way I can add that software to the web page so I can check my client's profile when I access my web page.

Thanks

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Comment from Toni on 2007-09-26

2007-09-26T15:43:44Z

I cannot log onto hotmail or myspace but I can onto all other websites. What do I need to do?

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Comment from Douglas on 2007-08-22

2007-08-22T08:25:34Z

i've had an issue with a particular rpg website... "shimlar.org" when i go to this website there is an Enter the Game link and once you access this link you can login. my problem begins here. it seems as if some days there is no problem getting to this log screen, but quite often i can't. i try deleting my temp files, cookies ect... and i'm left clueless on how to solve this problem.
I have a 56k connections (connects and 33.6kbps)
i use standard IE for all my browsing and i have no other internet programs...
any help would be greatly appreciated
thanks

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Comment from Why i can access just some sites with my wireless but all with my ethernet? on 2007-08-10

2007-08-11T03:35:11Z

I already disabled the computer's firewall and it made no difference. From the wireless I can ping any site without any problem, but when I try to access IE says "Web site found, Waiting for reply" but it never shows it (until time out). With my ethernet connection i can access perfectly any page. What do you think that could be the problem? Thank you. Miguel

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Comment from richard sales on 2007-07-15

2007-07-15T15:11:49Z

HELP - same problem as listed above for last 5 days. To make it more interesting can't use our wireless router/ connection with our ps3 OR hd-dvd player (strange we can use the web for a small % of our favourites). Making me suspect the router - spent 5 hours with our technical support. Any ideas?

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Comment from prad on 2007-06-24

2007-06-24T08:07:22Z

I finally solved this frustrating problem.
Like I said, I had tried eveything mentioned here and none had worked for me.
So what I did was, I shut down my computer, then followed the power cable of the DSL modem, and unplugged it from the electrical shocket. I waited for a minute, then plugged it back and waited for about 5 minutes for the modem to get back on, then I re-started my computer and voila! it worked.
I suggest you try this (restarting/resetting your modem) solution first before making any changes to your computer.
I hope it works.

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Comment from prad on 2007-06-23

2007-06-23T22:30:42Z

I am having a similar problem. I work on ebay, and just this morning found out that it does not work anymore. And other sites like Paypal also does not work, while many other work.

I have tried all the solutions posted here, changed MTU, verified "hosts" file, deleted all "Temp Internet Files/Cookies," installed a diffferent browser (firefox), changed the DNS settings from automatically to entering it manually, and nothing has worked for me. I have DSL from AOL, and my desktop as well as my laptop with wireless both do not work for some websites.
This is very frustrating given the fact that my earnings depend upon ebay.

Does anyone have any new suggestions? I really need to fix this as soon as possible.
Thank you in advance.

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Comment from hubgar on 2007-06-16

2007-06-16T20:15:48Z

I have finally resolved my issue with about 30% of my Firefox Bookmarks, not being accessible. After reading about 13 pages of comments and suggestions, here, and two weeks of trying everything I could, it all came down to my refusal to update Windows XP with “Windows Genuine Advantage Validation Tool (KB892130)”. Once I installed the update, everything was back to normal.
I was going to start deleting Hotfix’s and other Windows updates as others have suggested, but decided to try this first. I’m glad I did, this was driving me crazy.
I hope this helps someone.

Regards,
hubgar.

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Comment from Shadeygrrl on 2007-04-23

2007-04-24T04:03:44Z

I do a search on IE, I get a page with all the search results, I point to a link, I see where it will lead to, but when I click on the link it sends me else where...like E-Bay or some other page totally unrelated to my original search! Why!?

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Comment from Michael on 2007-03-14

2007-03-14T19:31:21Z

I have had all the problems most of you have experienced and have tried all the solutions...some work for a short period others not at all. This solution seems to work the longest. RESET my cable modem...NOT restart or power down. Some have battery backup, so you need to do a 30 second or so RESET of the modem and you should be good to go after you disable and reenable your tcp link. Hope this helps.

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Comment from supa on 2007-03-04

2007-03-05T03:26:08Z

Try bypass.thezerogroup.com

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Comment from Deb on 2007-02-28

2007-02-28T20:22:35Z

When accessing some websites, I received the following warning:

Iexplore has caused an error in JSCRIPT.DLL

I'm using Windows ME and IE 5.50

Is this easily fixed?

I urgently need help! Much appreciated.

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Comment from trev on 2007-02-20

2007-02-20T22:17:32Z

i 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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Comment from myob on 2006-12-02

2006-12-02T12:34:00Z

What 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.

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Comment from kathy on 2006-11-21

2006-11-21T16:38:52Z

so 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.

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Comment from Renee on 2006-11-12

2006-11-12T12:01:38Z

Same 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!

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Comment from LHB on 2006-11-03

2006-11-03T09:54:10Z

I 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.....

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Comment from Nazlord on 2006-10-03

2006-10-03T20:33:51Z

I 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.

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Comment from Jodie on 2006-09-22

2006-09-22T13:38:40Z

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!

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Comment from docskell on 2006-09-20

2006-09-20T08:51:31Z

Similar problem but only with google.
Cleared browser cache and hey ho normal service resumed
Thanks for that tip

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Comment from Matt on 2006-09-04

2006-09-04T08:02:45Z

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.

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Comment from Joyrider on 2006-09-04

2006-09-04T07:47:27Z

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.

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Comment from DJ DB on 2006-09-03

2006-09-03T22:47:54Z

I fixed my problem a few weeks ago now. :)

I just restarted my router, their is a tiny hole on the back of my router, I pressed it & it reset everything which enabled me to view my website etc, again!! :)

Thanks.

DB.

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Comment from Joeb on 2006-09-01

2006-09-01T08:52:28Z

Wow.. Same problem, cannot access my Bank webb site or wife's bank site (different) and ACLens.com? cannot access on Wirless internet Laptop or PalmTX, I'm thinking something with my router but for the life of me can't figure it out. running a Linksys router.
Can access other sites with no problems,

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Comment from Alicia on 2006-08-29

2006-08-29T16:54:07Z

so i have a sony viao and i can not access certian web pager like Yahoo, AIM all of my mail and a suicide girls chat room. i can get into the internet oh adn my school but i cant get into those sites

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Comment from TTocs84 on 2006-08-24

2006-08-25T04:42:02Z

Ok I cant get to newegg.com or hotmail.com or sears.com, and up untill i tried the host file thing a week ago, there were more, like banking sites etc.
Tried the MTU thing, no deal, so here is my setup, any help greatly appreciated, i have tried various other things also, ive been working at this off and on for about 6 months now, so im pretty upset at it now. Win 2k SP4, high speed internet/not AOL, no router-direct from cable modem to pc, although did have a router at one time, and i think thats when this started!

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Comment from DJ DB on 2006-08-24

2006-08-24T19:05:41Z

I am having the same problem!!

I have a laptop and a PC both running Windows XP Home, Service Pack 2 with Internet Explorer 6. I've also got a Telewest Broadband internet connection, I share the internet connection between my laptop and PC with a Belkin Wireless G Router (http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=136493).

Upon until 2 days ago I could actually access my website (http://www.djdbwebsite.co.uk) but now I can't access it on my laptop or the PC.

At first I thought the server was down and I actually know the guy who I host from and he has assured me that the server is fine and no one else has reported any problems.

Here is where it gets even better!! :(

As well as my website, I can't access my email accounts relating to my website i.e. xxx@djdbwebsite.co.uk which i usually access via Outlook Express, yet I can access my Yahoo email accounts ok. Also I have a MySpace profile (www.myspace.com/djdb2006) and some of the images used on my profile are hosted on my FTP server (if that makes sense?!) but I can't see them. I can't even access my FTP server to upload web pages or files etc.

To make things even worse (can it get any better?), I've asked other people can they get on to my website ok and they can but I can't?!

I've called Belkin but I'm still waiting for someone to call me back.

I've looked at a few of the methods people have used but the MTU method which has worked for nearly everyone has not worked for me.

Please help??

Thanks.

DB.

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Comment from zay on 2006-08-24

2006-08-24T10:27:31Z

I want to get gmail access for webaddress.
eg.lite and pocket version.
how can i get?

regards.
zay

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Comment from Big Stu on 2006-07-20

2006-07-21T00:28:00Z

Sorry, I'm not sure if this may also help but I can access livejournal through a proxy server. I can't get a ping from the site either.

Sincerely, Big Stu

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Comment from Big Stu on 2006-07-20

2006-07-21T00:17:33Z

Right, I'm having the exact same problem but it's only ocurring with www.livejournal.com. I can access this site on my work pc and I know it's up and running however all I get is 'This Page Cannot Be Displayed'. I've tried everything recommended on this site so far - cache clear, the MTU addition to the registry, disabling all firewalls - you name it, I've done it but to no avail. I'm running XP home with Norton 2006. I'm beginning to tear my hair out now! Any help with this one rougue website would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerly, Big Stu

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Comment from A on 2006-07-10

2006-07-11T03:05:05Z

SOLUTION: clear your browser's cache

READ ON...
When I tried to load google.com or google.ca, it would send me to an error message on my ISP's site. Other sites worked, and I later discovered that google.[any 2-letter country code here besides 'ca'] worked, so I knew something was up.

As it turns out, from a time a few days earlier when my net connection really WAS messed, and the ISP error page WAS warranted, my browser (Firefox) cached (saved) this the error page as being the right page for google.com/google.ca.

For those for whom this answer works, I hope it wasn't too hard to find amongst all the complicated answers!

(SOLUTION: clear your browser's cache)

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Comment from Colm on 2006-06-30

2006-06-30T20:38:01Z

I tried the solution by Ronnie posted March 2005 on hot to solve why I could'nt access certain websites. I entered the REGEDIT as suggested, there was already a MTU line which I changed to the one suggested and hey presto!, it worked. Well done, I've struggled over this problem for over a year, many thanks.

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Comment from hdwdlnd on 2006-05-04

2006-05-04T14:52:08Z

All is right with the world. Turns out it was the ISP that was all screwed up. They finally fixed the problem.

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Comment from hdwdlnd on 2006-05-02

2006-05-02T14:27:40Z

I have the same problem where I cannot access one particular website while at work. I can access it at home. Here is everything I looked into:

1. MTU thing: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-107
and found that I could go to cmd and ping -f -l 1454 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX without a loss. I entered MTU DWORD's in all for keys but still couldn't access site. The next day I couldn't ping -f -l 1454 XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX anymore. I tried pinging MTU of 1250 and it returned without losses but the DWORD fix didn't work this time either. I later found out that the router's MTU setting was disabled (I'm not sure what this means).

2. Opened HOSTS file: C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts in notepad and didn't find any exceptions.

3. Ran spyware (Adaware, Spybot, etc.) and found nothing. Nothing in HijackThis log. Up to date Nortons 2006. Tried to access site in Safe Mode with Networking and it didn't work.

4. Made all internet settings default. Windows Firewall disabled. I usually us Firefox (Version 1.5.0.2) but can't access site in Firefox or IE. Tried checking and unchecking TLS, SSL. All forms of router security is disabled (LinkSYS BEFSX41 Firmware Version: 1.50.18).

5. Ran Winsock XP Fix: http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html

6. Ran this batch file I made after remembering this fixed the same problem I had about a year ago. Made a txt with the following info and renamed with .bat extension:

regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll

7. Ran SFC by going to cmd and typing sfc /scannow
[See Microsoft Knowledge Base: 310747 Description of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 System File Checker (Sfc.exe)].

8. Deleted all temporary info (Cache, temp internet files, cookies, etc).

9. Went to cmd and ran ipconfig /release

10. Went to cmd and ran netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt and all it said in the txt was . (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357/#top)

11. Went to cmd and ran ipconfig /flushdns

None of the computers on the network can go to this site. It seems to point to either the router or isp. I cannot find anything out of the ordinary on the routher. We have cable internet with static ip's.

What clued me into this problem was that one of the computers at work was not able to search travelocity.com for a plane ticket which she has done in the past. This problem was discovered on 04/26/06. However, the computer that I use at work could access travelocity.com and search for plane tickets. I went through the standard checks mentioned before with the computer that couldn't get on travelocity.com as well. Seeing that this is at work, creating new user profiles and migrating old ones over and running system restore are my ABSOLUTE last options.

Our ISP came and changed the modem out about a month ago. I'm not sure if that could have anything to do with it or not. I have tried resetting the modem.

All office computers use Windows XP Professional SP2 with automatic update.

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Comment from sumit gupta on 2006-04-30

2006-04-30T11:06:00Z

I can't access google.com anymore or sites that use google like gmail! I don't know what the heck the problem is... I know google is not down. I can't access these sites on my computer.

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Comment from Brian on 2006-04-16

2006-04-16T20:04:11Z

Are you all using AOL by any chance?

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Comment from Markie on 2006-04-14

2006-04-15T00:25:31Z

It's not often that i post comments - in fact i never do, but on this occasion i think that a few words of appeciation to Ronnie is the least i can do. I've been experiencing the same problem as most here and it's been driving me mad. I have a PC running Win2K connected to a dsl modem. I have a laptop with XP that is networked to the PC for net access. The other day i changed isp's and for some reason the laptop stopped accessing certain sites. I did all the usual checks, virus scans, adware scans, lowered security and firwall settings and checked all the network settings. Nothing worked. That's when i turned to the web and found this site. I got the laptop and followed Ronnie's instructions to set the MRU(very quick and very simple). I rebooted the laptop and like magic - all the sites were accessable again! Anyone who has this problem should try this solution first.
Thanks again Ronnie - you're a star!
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Comment from sheetal on 2006-04-11

2006-04-11T08:41:26Z

i can't access many of the sites like yahoo, orkut, hotmail.. i don't know whats wrong.. everytime i try to open them ,it says "this page cannot be displayed".. please give me some solution..

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Comment from Jimmy on 2006-04-07

2006-04-07T18:21:42Z

I can't access google.com anymore or sites that use google like gmail! I don't know what the heck the problem is... I know google is not down, but I still get a 404 error. I can't access these sites on my computer or my dads and we are both running seperate ips and seperate programs.

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Comment from ray on 2006-04-05

2006-04-05T13:34:02Z

i have recently formated my computer and installed norton internet security 2006.
i have a website of my own http://www.tm4ever.net.
but since i formated the computer i cannot go into the site and also it is the only website i cannot go into, i try to deable norton but still couldnt get into the site.
why is that.
please help me.
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Comment from howard on 2006-04-04

2006-04-05T00:26:09Z

i have the same problem, although its more extensive. i can't access any internet sites from my username, yet the 3 other accounts on my pc all have no problem browsing the web. i can use msn messenger and my ftp program, but just no internet! i'm stumped on what to do!

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Comment from Darren on 2006-03-31

2006-04-01T03:50:25Z

I am having the SAME problem.. I cannot get to websites such as CNN, and Google. This is drving me crazy, I have tried every recommendation that I have run across.. PLEASE, can someone give some ideas?

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Comment from Scott on 2006-03-27

2006-03-27T14:38:49Z

I have found that I can't sign onto ebay, msn, msn messenger paypal, and a couple of other websites like them. I can access yahoo and yahoo messenger. But it seems like 50% of the time I get the message saying page can't be found. What could be the problem?

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Comment from Jenf on 2006-03-24

2006-03-24T18:42:26Z

I have the same problem, it's been going on for several months now. I have tried everything shown above, as well as a few others. It's my XP laptop, and is the same regardless of wireless lan or dial-up service. When I ping these sites I can't access all say could not find host except one(www.telus.net, it come back successful), but I still cannot access it. The others are www.telus.com, www.futureshop.ca,and a number of sites within www.uvic.ca. I set my MTU to 576(apparently optimum for dial-up). I can't help but think this is virus related, as it all sort of happened around the same time. System restore also will not work. Other than this issue all runs well. But the UVic site is important to me, I believe I'm going to have to reformat. Does anyone have any ne answers?

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Comment from Ian Watson on 2006-03-22

2006-03-22T16:30:20Z

I have the identical problem to Jace Greenman - I have not been able to access Amazon.co.uk for months, via my own account, yet I can get into it via my wife's environment with the same ISP and modem. I have Windows XP Home Edition, with fully updated Service Pack 2. I too have tried disabling everything, clearing caches and cookies, etc. etc. I too would really appreciate some help!

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Comment from Mary on 2006-03-21

2006-03-22T00:55:16Z

I had a similar problem; I suddenly could not access several websites I used all the time, they did not seem to have anything in common and I hadn't done anything funky to my computer. I disabled all my protection one at a time (despite my better judgement) to no avail. I decided it was not my computer but perhaps my router. I turned off my computer, unplugged my cable modem and unplugged my wireless router. After a few seconds, I turned everything back on and the problem was fixed! I hope this helps someone.

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Comment from matt on 2006-03-09

2006-03-09T13:22:39Z

this is a funny one

I am connected to internet via ADSL D link router, all is well but occasionally i find access to certain sites(all held on the same server)stops, yet it only stops for me, other people i ask have no trouble. I have to go and find the router and pull the power for a few seconds, then its fine again. Very strange!

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Comment from donna on 2006-03-06

2006-03-07T06:37:40Z

Hi, i can't access my ebay account. I can go onto ebay.com, but I can't go into my private account. the same is for my hotmail, i can go onto hotmail.com, but not my private account any more, please help.
Donna

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Comment from Art on 2006-03-05

2006-03-06T01:09:40Z

Recently I found that I could not access Amazon.com anymore. Upon further checking I found
that I could not access any Amazon related sites (any partner or Amazon owned sites.) This is
all I am having trouble with so far.
I find it hard to believe that I have done anything on my end to cause all of these to be blocked.
I checked my security and my cookies and nothing is amiss there. Tried all above suggestions.
Do you think it is the IP?
Help!

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Comment from Stephen on 2006-02-16

2006-02-16T18:11:38Z

Dear Leo
I cannot access my company's LAN from home. My home computer has windows 98 SE. It asks me for a username, password and domain. If I try the same thing from the office it works (even leaving the domain empty).
I have even tried disabling my Zone alarm firewall.

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Comment from Jace Greenman on 2006-01-29

2006-01-29T14:51:45Z

Similar problem to everyone else, but with a twist:

The ONLY site I cannot access is Amazon.com. I can access eBay and everything else just fine.

The other twist is that I am on a machine running Windows XP Home and there are two other user accounts on this machine. Both other users CAN access Amazon.com.

So this seems unique to my user account. Even though I tried all the fixes posted here (DNS, MTU, SSL, etc), the fact that two other users on this same machine can access Amazon means that none of the fixes that would affect the entire system can be my problem in any case.

It has to be something unique to my account.

I've applied all of those kind of fixes that I found here (clearing cache, cookies, etc), but still no luck.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

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Comment from Phyllis Boyd on 2006-01-19

2006-01-19T21:53:50Z

I deleted my cookies from Tools/internet options.
Now I can't access my work website or my university student website. I can get to some things through Google but it is much slower than it should be. I don't know if I could have gotten in today before I deleted the cookies. I was able to access everything fine yesterday.

Please help.

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Comment from John Otto on 2006-01-11

2006-01-11T18:14:02Z

I was unable to get on two web sites that I had previously visited multiple times during the past year. My OS is XP Professional. I tried getting to the two sites using IE, Firefox and Opera with no success. I tried setting the MTU to 1492 as Ronnie suggested on this site, but it did not fix my problem. I downloaded a copy of adaware from CNET. While it was going through the checks, my Avast! antivirus found four infected files which I moved to the chest. I do not know if the viruses were related to this problem. I also did a dnsreport test which found two areas that failed, but I do not have the knowledge required to assess their impact. I could not figure out how to correct the failed areas.

The research went on for two days when I stumbled on: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/299357/#top

This page shows you how to reset TCP/IP using the NetShell utility. It restores TCP/IP to the state that existed when the operating system was installed. I went to START, clicked on Run, typed "cmd" in the open slot and pressed OK. On the cmd line, I typed "netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt" and pressed the Enter key. My resetlog.txt was stored in my Documents and Settings folder.

This utility fixed my problem.

(There is a Warning about possible changes to firewall, antivirus and other programs that monitor the internet.)

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Comment from Melanie on 2006-01-08

2006-01-09T01:13:56Z

I have been having a problem for the past 3 days with viewing www.netflix.com. I recently downloaded the new norton anti-virus and everything was goo. I had no problem viewing this website, but for some reason for the past 3 days I am unable to view it. I don't know if it has something to do with the anti-virus or if it's something to do with my settings on my computer. I have previously had no problem viewing the site even with the anti-virus, it's just all of a sudden. Please help me! I am going crazy!!!!

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Comment from Philip on 2006-01-06

2006-01-06T13:42:44Z

One more thing which may help identify the problem. My broadband ISP is AOL. Normally on the new XP/Centrino laptop I cannot get to Ebay using IE. Howver, when I log in and use the browser built into AOL 9.0 (which I believe is a version of IE6.x) I can in fact get to Ebay, but I can't get to the My Ebay login page. So going through what is effectively AOL's VPN get's me a bit further but not all the way. Anyone got any ideas?

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Comment from Philip on 2006-01-06

2006-01-06T12:00:52Z

Here's an interesting (frustrating) slant on the problem. Regular setup, D-Link ADSL modem / wireless router. Wired PC's fine, was using a Win2K laptop with Cisco PCMCIA wireless card / Aironet software - no problems. Got a new laptop running XP Pro & Centrino wireless, and now I can't access Ebay, Amazon, my bank etc. However, when I stick the old Cisco card in the new laptop and switch to the Aironet wireless connection everything works fine again. Just bought a new desktop machine with XP Home and stuck a wirless PCI card in it and it exhibits the problem. Also I have a very old laptop with an unbranded PCMCIA wireless card and that works fine too - it looks like it's something to do with the newer technology XP / Centrino etc. I've tried pretty much everything suggested at this site and nothing has worked (but thanks anyway for all the tips) HELP !!

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Comment from Jimbo on 2005-12-30

2005-12-30T14:53:53Z

I have had this problem for ages, my faithful laptop connects to any web site but my PC refuses to connect to certain sites like ebay, secure sites like Banks etc.

It was Ronnie's solution that worked, bang first time! I have messed around with deletes/updates/settings and nothing worked until Ronnies's MTU solution. Follow the instructions and create MTU registry entries (I did acroos all entries as I had 8 and copuld not work out which was which. Problem solved, you are the MAN Ronnie, thanks and if you are ever in Staffordshire, England I owe you a pint or 2 or 3!

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Comment from heinnge on 2005-12-29

2005-12-30T03:47:44Z

I have the problem like everyone here. Here is how this happened.

I tried to set up wireless conn with my Pocket pc before this happened. Although i managed to set my pocket pc up with my wireless router, all other wired desktops werent' able to connect to certain sites (hotmail, banks.etc...) it's kinda weird coz all wireless devices were working just fine.

I spent last two days before my computers trying figure out the root of this. I tried DNS fix, ipconfig fix.. many others. But what really solve my problem is MTU fix. As others says i lower my MTU to 1249, and there we go! everything is on. I suggest you tried this first before you lays your hand on others.

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Comment from Steve on 2005-12-29

2005-12-30T00:54:58Z

I have the problem of not having access to a supposedly public site - my local library. At home on my network, I cannot get to www.burnetcountylibrary.org but if I take my laptop to a local wifi hotspot, I can access the library site. I've checked my router and firewall and simply can't see why this would be the case.

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Comment from SB on 2005-12-18

2005-12-18T23:03:18Z

Having similar problem. Suddenly can't access amazon.com or ebay.com, but all others so far OK. On wireless connection to router; base (wired) machine and other machines on the wireless side don't have this problem, only one of the wireless stations. Has XP Media Center Edition with all current updates as of 12/15/05. Ran Norton Anti-Spam, Spybot S&D, Adaware & Trend Micro spyware scan; all the spware products found things and deleted, but no change with the access problem. Deleted cookies, cache, history, tried with no firewall, all to no avail. Any thoughts on this one? Thanks, SB.

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Comment from Susan on 2005-11-22

2005-11-22T22:18:40Z

I'd like to ask Joyrider exactly how to do the DHCP, TCP/IP trick to manually assign the DNS server. I absolutely cannot access one of my favorite sites (suddenly) and I, too, have done everything imaginable to try to remedy this. This sounds like it might do the trick, but I don't know how to actually accomplish it. HELP! And, thank you. Susan

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