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

Hi! I'm new here - and I'm not sure that this has anything to do with your 
problem, but a good while back, I ran a program on my computer that was to 
protect me from 'bad' web sites -ie - those that produced spyware and 
supposedly sent information from my computer to their home. Sounded good at the 
time, but then I found I couldn't access some web sites that I wanted to. What 
I do now, is if a page won't open, I look at the little internet icon on the 
very bottom of the page I'm trying to open. It  has a red icon if it won't open 
- These have to do with your security settings in tools, security. If there is 
a red icon there, you can go into your security settings and remove that web 
site from the restricted sites list. 
I also have a pop up killer on here, and I've had to go in to it lately and add 
sites that are blocked to the exlcuion list for some reason. 
this is something simple - and might help you, although it sounds as though 
your problem is more involved that this since you're already re-formated. I 
figured it wouldn't hurt to look though! just in case! 

Cris - (Cristy) - yes a different one than you already know who is on this 
list. 




----- Original Message ----- 
From: Glo 
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 8:48 AM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: Can't access websites


John, I can't find a host file in win me, maybe it's under something else in
the directory (I looked in W-explorer, is that right?)--Glo


----- Original Message -----
From: John W.
To: pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 5:29 AM
Subject: -=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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> "A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil that good
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>
> ...William Penn, 1683
>
> Grant Karpik
> gkarpik@xxxxxxxxx
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