-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Can't access websites

I had this problem once. If you have win 98 do a search for your HOST file.
It's in your windows directory. Change your host file extension to "OLD" and
reboot. Then try to access the websites. Hope this works.

John


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glo" <redowl@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 6:53 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Can't access websites


> Well I certainly have been patient (not a particularly strong trait of
> mine!), but even though the service dept. at Tech Support admits there is
a
> problem getting through AT&T, they are still acting as if it's MY problem.
> Getting a credit for the month I've been 'without service' is out of the
> question; they say there are jillions of other websites I could go to.  No
> kidding, but I work all day and it's about 11 p.m. when I come in for a
> landing and spend a few hours doing MY thing (not theirs!), which is read
> the news, get my webshots, read my email--I don't surf, no time for that.
I
> also like this list, it's interesting and fun and the only thing I can get
> anymore.  When you say provider issues is that the same as TCPIP problems
> that the Winsock Fix could repair? i.e., a 'broken internet
> connection'?--Glo
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Grant Karpik
> To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 4:23 AM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Can't access websites
>
>
> Certainly sounds like an ISP issue to me, especially as you're running
with
> a fresh,  "bare bones" install.
> For what it's worth, this type of thing happens to me occasionally and
each
> time it's turned out to be issues with my provider.
>
> On 30 Jul 2003 at 3:51, Glo wrote:
>
> > Hi Trevnal,
> > Yes that's right, after the reformat I have not installed anything but
> > AVG--no firewall yet and no adaware, just bare bones install.   I just
> > went to the following website and read about this fix
> > http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm  and hit a couple of other links from
> > there; one of them mentions adaware as a problem maker for Winsock.  I
> > turned off AVG (but didn't uninstall it), and still unable to access
> > sites.  The thing is, everything was fine until 7/3, the last day I
> > rec'd the Times and webshots.  At the time I had Zone Alarm installed
> > and I thought it might be causing a problem.  Also at that time I
> > thought Spybot w/b a good idea, I don't remember why.  Anyway, I  ended
> > up trying to uninstall ZA which was a big fat mess, no clean uninstall,
> > also did a bunch of configuring on Spybot and didn't know what I was
> > doing, so there was another messy uninstall, both of which caused me to
> > have to reformat.  I'm thinking, since others have called Tech Support
> > with the same problem, that it's a cable thing, but they say it isn't.
> > Now I'm wondering about this Winsock thing but am scared to try it.
> > That's a good idea to try my computer on another cable connection, will
> > try to find a friend who has cable, maybe this tech guy can tell me who
> > his friend is in my neighborhood.  We did try to get the websites after
> > the reformat and before we installed AVG again, but no dice.  Thanks for
> > the ideas.--Glo
>
>
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