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[Ton Kraanen]

Hello everybody,

Recently I'm not able to view www.msn.com or any site with the name msn. I
renewed my .NET passport, disabled the firewall but nothing seems to work.
When I ping www.msn.com I receive the answer: destination specified is
invalid and the IPnumber is 0.0.0.0. I've no problems with the internet
connection.
Any suggestions?

Greetings, Ton

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Ton,

Locate the HOSTS file (no extension) under C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc
and open it in notepad. Look for a line referencing msn sites and remove it.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Ton Kraanen]

Hi Rick,

I tried this, but it didn't work. Any other suggestions?

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Ton,

Clear TIF's yet?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone

 

[Ton Kraanen]

Apparently there was something wrong with my profile. I made a new and the
problem was solved. Anyway, thnx for the suggestions.

Greetings, Ton

 

[Plato]

Recently I'm not able to view www.msn.com or any site with the name msn. I
renewed my .NET passport, disabled the firewall but nothing seems to work.
When I ping www.msn.com I receive the answer: destination specified is
invalid and the IPnumber is 0.0.0.0. I've no problems with the internet
connection.

It's easy for a webhoster to disable outsiders from being able to ping
their sites so that's not an issue. Many webhosters do this to avoid
"ping DOS attacks".