"Page Cannot Be Displayed" ???

[riverman]

I'm running XP Home with SP2 and iExplorer v.6, and I'm trying to open
a link to a site, but I keep getting that "Page Cannot Be Displayed"
error message. It only happens on this one site for me, but other users
say that they can access it fine.

I've researched on google, and tried disabling my popups (both explorer
and Yahoo! ones), and cutting and pasting the address into a new
browser window.

How can I access this site?

--riverman

 

[Kevin]

Add it to the trusted sites in your browser and/or firewall?

 

[riverman]

Nice thought. Just tried it, but it wouldn't accept it because it
doesn't have an <https:> prefix.
It has an <http:> and isn't a <www.> site.

--riverman

 

[riverman]

Duh. I just disabled the requirement for it to be an <https:> site, but
that didn't fix it. It still won't go through as a trusted site.

--riverman

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

I'm running XP Home with SP2 and iExplorer v.6, and I'm trying to open
a link to a site, but I keep getting that "Page Cannot Be Displayed"
error message. It only happens on this one site for me, but other
users say that they can access it fine.

I've researched on google, and tried disabling my popups (both
explorer and Yahoo! ones), and cutting and pasting the address into a
new browser window.

How can I access this site?

--riverman

Check C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc for a file named HOSTS with no
extension. (Not Hosts.sam)
Make sure Windows is set to show hidden files and folders and is NOT set to
hide extensions for known file types.
If HOSTS exists, rename it to HOSTS.OLD
Reboot an try again.

Or, In a Cmd window, enter
ipconfig /flushdns
then clear your TIF also, and re-boot.

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[riverman]

Nope. I found and renamed <hosts> to <host.old>, and went into
ipconfig/flushdns. I cleared the temp internet folder (is that what TIF
is?) and rebooted. I still get two green bars, a pause, then the "Page
cannot be displayed" error.

I pinged the site. Its not a straightforward address...its a link a
realtor made for me to check on property listings in Maine. I don't
want to post it here, in case she put a bunch of personal stuff on it
for me, but its of this form:

<http://mreis.mlxchange.com/Pub/EmailView.asp?r=numbers&s=MRE&t=MRE>

I deleted the numbers where the address says 'numbers'.

When I ping just the <http://mreis.mlxchange.com> I get: "ping request
could not find host: please try again."

When I ping the full address, I get the same message with the entire
address in it. The realtor assures me that this is a correct address,
as she has plenty of clients who can access it in this form.

--riverman

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Nope. I found and renamed <hosts> to <host.old>, and went into
ipconfig/flushdns. I cleared the temp internet folder (is that what
TIF is?) and rebooted. I still get two green bars, a pause, then the
"Page cannot be displayed" error.

I pinged the site. Its not a straightforward address...its a link a
realtor made for me to check on property listings in Maine. I don't
want to post it here, in case she put a bunch of personal stuff on it
for me, but its of this form:

<http://mreis.mlxchange.com/Pub/EmailView.asp?r=numbers&s=MRE&t=MRE>

I deleted the numbers where the address says 'numbers'.

When I ping just the <http://mreis.mlxchange.com> I get: "ping request
could not find host: please try again."

When I ping the full address, I get the same message with the entire
address in it. The realtor assures me that this is a correct address,
as she has plenty of clients who can access it in this form.

--riverman

It's not
ipconfig/flushdns
It's
ipconfig /flushdns

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[riverman]

Umm, whats the difference?

--riverman

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Umm, whats the difference?

--riverman

A space

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[riverman]

LOL, I can SEE that. But when I put in the commands, the response is
the same. Are the commands inherently different?

More to the point, though, is that it didn't do anything to help me
access that website. Any more thoughts on the problem?

--riverman