I tried the responses on this thread (thanks for the suggestions) but
they didn't fix it. On another thread I found a link to this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...n-us;813444#13
which has a number of fixes, and one of them (repeated below) worked
for me, so everything is now working.
Best wishes,
James Griffith
The fix that worked for me:
Register .Dll Files
Re-register the following .dll files:
Softpub.dll
Wintrust.dll
Initpki.dll
Dssenh.dll
Rsaenh.dll
Gpkcsp.dll
Sccbase.dll
Slbcsp.dll
Cryptdlg.dll
To do so:
Click Start, and then click Run.
In the Open box, type cmd, and then click OK.
At the command prompt, type the following lines and press ENTER after
each line:
regsvr32 softpub.dll
regsvr32 wintrust.dll
regsvr32 initpki.dll
regsvr32 dssenh.dll
regsvr32 rsaenh.dll
regsvr32 gpkcsp.dll
regsvr32 sccbase.dll
regsvr32 slbcsp.dll
regsvr32 cryptdlg.dll
Click OK when you receive the message that DllRegisterServer in
FileName succeeded.
Type exit to quit Command Prompt.
"Jessica" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<0bb601c36c9d$b72582e0$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> I am having the same problem that James is having. I
> cann access all insecure sites, but the minute I try
> accessing any site that is secure (such as Hotmail,
> various bank account pages, university pages with log-on-
> ability) I get a message that the page cannot be
> displayed DNS error stuff. I have no idea how to fix
> this and tried the suggestion that Steve made, but that
> didn't seem to do anything either. If you have
> suggestions please help!!
> Thanks!
> Jessica
> >-----Original Message-----
> >In article
> <(E-Mail Removed)>,
> >(E-Mail Removed) (James Griffith) wrote:
> >>Hi,
> >>
> >>I am having problems with Windows XP Pro. Since a few
> days ago I have
> >>been unable to log in to certain sites (e.g. Hotmail)
> or perform
> >>certain functions in certain sites (e.g. Blogger). I
> either get a
> >>"page cannot be found" or an "action cancelled"
> message. When I ran an
> >>http sniffer on the connection I found that (e.g.) when
> I logged into
> >>Hotmail, I would type in the password and then click on
> log in,
> >>whereupon my PC would send a request to the server and
> then receive no
> >>response, so keep on trying until it timed out.
> >>
> >>Thinking this was an IE problem, I reinstalled IE (to
> no avail). I
> >>also tried Mozilla and Opera, but they too failed
> giving an error that
> >>fits with no response coming back from the server. I
> tried Windows
> >>Update but it would not load the list of patches. [This
> makes me think
> >>the problem is Java related, as the link on Windows
> update that fails
> >>is a javascript call]. I fiddled around with installing
> a new Java VM,
> >>and the settings in IE, and eventually that got Windows
> Update
> >>working, but the patches did not solve the original
> Hotmail / Blogger
> >>problem.
> >>
> >>I have only had XP for about a month, and haven't
> installed very much
> >>on it. I put the MSBLASTER patch on 2 weeks ago, so I
> don't see why
> >>that would be the cause.
> >>
> >>Does anyone have any ideas what might be the problem /
> and how to fix
> >>it?
> >>
> >>Best wishes,
> >>
> >>James Griffith
> >
> >The problem could be caused by bad entries in the Hosts
> file. To edit
> >the file, enter this command in the Start | Run box,
> making sure to
> >include the "." at the end of the command:
> >
> > notepad C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Hosts.
> >
> >If you find lines with the names of the sites that you
> can't access,
> >delete those lines, save the file, and try again.
> >--
> >Best Wishes,
> >Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)
> >
> >Please post any reply as a follow-up message in the news
> group
> >for everyone to see. I'm sorry, but I don't answer
> questions
> >addressed directly to me in E-mail or news groups.
> >
> >Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Program
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
> >.
> >
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