Ii have a fairly clean installation of xp sp2. I installed microsoft anti
spy when I installed the OS. When i try to go to albinoblacksheep.com in
explorer i get "the page cannot be displayed error. I have looked at security
settings, hijack this logs, scanned with the antispy programs, and more. If
I use firefox, i get there with no problem. Any suggestions?

Three things to try:

1. Clear your TIF and History completely:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

2. Check your C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Cookies folder and
delete any cookies that relate to the site in question.

3. Check your Hosts file as per this article:
Problems Using Internet Explorer with Incorrect Hosts File
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q219843

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Jon R. Kennedy
Charlotte, NC, USA
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"Elijah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:10EDDA32-B59F-4703-8973-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Ii have a fairly clean installation of xp sp2. I installed microsoft anti
> spy when I installed the OS. When i try to go to albinoblacksheep.com in
> explorer i get "the page cannot be displayed error. I have looked at
> security
> settings, hijack this logs, scanned with the antispy programs, and more.
> If
> I use firefox, i get there with no problem. Any suggestions?

In article <(E-Mail Removed)>, Jon Kennedy says...

> 3. Check your Hosts file as per this article:
> Problems Using Internet Explorer with Incorrect Hosts File
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q219843

Considering that Firefox does get to the site, this item seems unlikely as a
cause of the problem.

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Norman
~Win dain a lotica, En vai tu ri, Si lo ta
~Fin dein a loluca, En dragu a sei lain
~Vi fa-ru les shutai am, En riga-lint

Thanks Jon,

thank god for system restore...sort of.....

my hosts file is fine, i also tried adding the site to the hosts file.

I went to the link regarding the TIF file.

Unfortunatly the administrator acct does not have access to the necessary
user files. I added(wondering why it was necessary) the administrator to the
user account with full controll.

still there were not necessary permissions to access the TIF folder. I
clicked and applied various permissions late at night and lost access to the
account from the users log on....system restore....

logged on in safe mode as administrator and found the same problems.

(although the administrator account can access the site with IE)

somewhere along the line (before the system restore) I did manage to delete
the TIF folder but still could not access the site through the user
account....

Now my cache is stuck on 0 and keeps asking me to choose a size between 0
and 1 and wont accept one as an answer.

So what do I do to set the permissions correctly for the administrator
account? and at what level do i start. Root drive? (this is a work group
computer) All the settings were default to this point except that simple
file sharing is unchecked in folder view as well as those regarding hidden
and system files etc.


"Jon Kennedy" wrote:

> Three things to try:
>
> 1. Clear your TIF and History completely:
> http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
>
> 2. Check your C:\Documents and Settings\<user name>\Cookies folder and
> delete any cookies that relate to the site in question.
>
> 3. Check your Hosts file as per this article:
> Problems Using Internet Explorer with Incorrect Hosts File
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q219843
>
> --
>
> Jon R. Kennedy
> Charlotte, NC, USA
> (E-Mail Removed)
>
> "Elijah" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:10EDDA32-B59F-4703-8973-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Ii have a fairly clean installation of xp sp2. I installed microsoft anti
> > spy when I installed the OS. When i try to go to albinoblacksheep.com in
> > explorer i get "the page cannot be displayed error. I have looked at
> > security
> > settings, hijack this logs, scanned with the antispy programs, and more.
> > If
> > I use firefox, i get there with no problem. Any suggestions?
>
>