Have you installed SP2? If so, try this: Start > Run and type in
cmd
there type in this
netsh winsock reset
and restart Windows.
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"mumbles" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> XP home edition - IE 6 - all of the sudden there are web pages I can't
> get to - I get the DNS error that this page can't be found. I have
> disabled all firewalls and spyware and have even done a HSOT look up in
> system32 and renamed it to HOST.old. as well as done the DOS command
> flsuhdns. still I can'ta ccess certain web pages? advice?
>