"This page cannot be displayed"

[Tom Blank]

IE6 SP1 running on XPH started giving the error
message "This paage cannot be displayed". It doesn't
matter what site I try to view. I have a good connection
to cable as I can IM and Outlook Express sends and
receives perfectly. I have run ping test and confimed
all settings are correct with my cable supplier. The
cable connection is normally through a network and all
other computers browse with no problem. For tech support
from my cable company and Dell, I connected this machine
directly into the modem to eliminate any potential
network problems. I also uninstalled and downloaded a
clean copy of IE6 from Microsoft's support site and
reinstalled it. Dell's final conclusion was to fdisk and
reload everything from scratch. I would like to avoid
this final step if possible.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts.

 

[jeff]

Possibly your hosts file is corrupt, try renaming it to
hosts.old (or whatever). Windows will then create a new
hosts file.

 

[Guest]

Tru to repair your Winsock connection, see the tools at
the very bottom of this page:
http://www.cexx.org/lspfix.htm
Or download this tool:
http://members.shaw.ca/techcd/WinsockXPFix.exe
Ps: if you cannot browse with IE, then paste the link
into your windows explorer.
let me know if it helps !

 

[David Hancock]

I install Netscape browser (do not make it the default) to
test if it is a browser or network problem. It may get
you out of hot water temporarily. Check IE setup to see
if it is locked into a Proxy server that does not exist or
is unavailable.