Hi, there is one website that I cannot access. I have a high speed
internet connection with a local network of 4 computers using a wireless
router. All the other computers can access this website. The website is
www.classmates.com. The result that does display is the infamous "the page
cannot be displayed". I have tries searched in various newsgroups and have
tried various solutions, but none have worked. Does anyone here have any
ideas? Thanks in advance.

Hank

Hi,

You don't mention your OS, but...

If running a cable modem, dsl modem or router, have you, at some point, shut
everything down for a few minutes? This sometimes helps.

Or, deleting the History and TIF folders may help:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm

Try disabling third-party security programs to see if one of them is causing
this.

[WinXP]
Try opening a Cmd window (or from Start> Run) enter
ipconfig /flushdns
then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.

Or make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is not hiding file
extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS file at
[WinXP]
[C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If there
are any redirect entries in it you can put the pound sign (#) in front an
entry to disable that redirect. Or you can rename the HOSTS file to (ie)
HOSTS.OLD
More on the HOSTS file at http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/

See if there's anything else to try at
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#dns

[Longshots]
I've heard of a case where filtering software objected to the string [*ss]
in classmates.com

Or, classmates.com generates a slew of pop-up windows. Check pop-up
blockers, etc to see if relaxing settings helps.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP IE/OE]


"Hank" <vogthe[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, there is one website that I cannot access. I have a high speed
> internet connection with a local network of 4 computers using a wireless
> router. All the other computers can access this website. The website is
> www.classmates.com. The result that does display is the infamous "the
page
> cannot be displayed". I have tries searched in various newsgroups and
have
> tried various solutions, but none have worked. Does anyone here have any
> ideas? Thanks in advance.
>
> Hank

Many thanks, renaming the host file did the trick.

Thanks again.

Hank


"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> You don't mention your OS, but...
>
> If running a cable modem, dsl modem or router, have you, at some point,
> shut
> everything down for a few minutes? This sometimes helps.
>
> Or, deleting the History and TIF folders may help:
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/delcache.htm
>
> Try disabling third-party security programs to see if one of them is
> causing
> this.
>
> [WinXP]
> Try opening a Cmd window (or from Start> Run) enter
> ipconfig /flushdns
> then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
>
> Or make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is not hiding file
> extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS file at
> [WinXP]
> [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If
> there
> are any redirect entries in it you can put the pound sign (#) in front an
> entry to disable that redirect. Or you can rename the HOSTS file to (ie)
> HOSTS.OLD
> More on the HOSTS file at http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
>
> See if there's anything else to try at
> http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#dns
>
> [Longshots]
> I've heard of a case where filtering software objected to the string [*ss]
> in classmates.com
>
> Or, classmates.com generates a slew of pop-up windows. Check pop-up
> blockers, etc to see if relaxing settings helps.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP IE/OE]
>
>
> "Hank" <vogthe[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:VEMae.152$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi, there is one website that I cannot access. I have a high speed
>> internet connection with a local network of 4 computers using a wireless
>> router. All the other computers can access this website. The website is
>> www.classmates.com. The result that does display is the infamous "the
> page
>> cannot be displayed". I have tries searched in various newsgroups and
> have
>> tried various solutions, but none have worked. Does anyone here have any
>> ideas? Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Hank
>

You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback.

Don
[MS MVP- IE/OE]

"Hank" <vogthe[at]hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Many thanks, renaming the host file did the trick.
>
> Thanks again.

> "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
> news:uzl$(E-Mail Removed)...
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