Unable to access websites.

[Guest]

I am having some trouble accessing websites that i know exsist for example I
can access them at work but not at home on my personal pc. I recieve the
cannot display this page errors. I have had some trouble with the before but
it has been resolved only I can't remeber how. I think it has to do with
security settings or accepting all cookies, but I have also hear about "host
files". And I am not sure what they are or how you delete them. Can you
give me some ideas on how to fix this problem, if it is a problem I need to
talk to my Internet Service Provider please let me know also. Thank You

 

[Taurarian]

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=326155
"The Page Cannot Be Displayed" Error Message When You Try to Start Internet
Explorer – WinXP

In Internet Explorer -
1. Tools > Internet Options > Advanced
2. Scroll down to the Security Settings.
3. Make sure that the two boxes are checked that say
"Enable SSL 2" or "Enable SSL 3".
Try your sites.

Another thing you can try is:
Go to start/run
Type in: regsvr32 softpub.dll
Press Enter or click OK

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=305217
Page Cannot Be Displayed Error During SSL 3.0 Server Session Timeout

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813444
Troubleshoot Situations Where You Cannot Complete MSN Sign-up pr Connect to SSL
Secured (128-Bit) Web Sites by Using Internet Explorer in Windows XP

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813951
You Cannot Access Your MSN E-mail Account or Authenticate with a Web Site in Various
Programs

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;303807
"The Page Cannot Be Displayed" Error Message When You Try to View Web Page on a
Secure Web Site

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;870700
How to troubleshoot problems accessing secure Web pages with IE6 SP2
After you upgrade to Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) in
Microsoft Windows XP SP2, some SSL-secured (128-Bit) Web pages and Web sites may not
work correctly. Frequently, this behavior is caused by security changes in Windows XP
SP2.

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

Clear the IE cache. (IE, tools, Options, Delete Files button, include
offline content.)

How to troubleshoot situations where you cannot connect to SSL secured
(128-Bit) Web sites
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;813444&Product=winxp

Open in Notepad %systemroot%/system32/drivers/etc/HOSTS (the file should
have NO extension, if it exists)

If some lines have no # sign to exclude them, other than '127.0.0.1
localhost' put in the # sign at the front of the line to comment out those
entries, or delete them all.