Can't even get the Hotmail home page to load...

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Nor can I get to the MSN.com page....
When I try to go to www.hotmail.com, the browser hangs for 10-20 seconds and
then it takes me briefly to the "page cannot be displayed" message and
redirects to that ultra-annoying Almighty Search page
(http://xml.overture.com/d/search/p/igetnet/html/domainlander/?Keywords=www.
hotmail.com%2f)

I have IE 6.0 running on win2k professional. I have not added any software
or made any changes to the system. I searched on google to see if i could
find someone with a similar problem, but none of their remedies worked...

Here's what I tried:
-I cleared my visited-pages history
-deleted any cookies that could have been relevant
-Made my "advanced" settings in IE Internet Options EXACTLY the same as my
buddy's (who confirmed that, on his, he had no problems accessing hotmail)
-rebooted
In 'About IE', Cipher strength does show 128.


Also, if I do a search on Google using search term: hotmail.com, I get this
single result:
Sign-in Access Error
MSN Hotmail has an improved experience for you! Now MSN Hotmail gives
you what you've been asking for. More storage space, large ...
Description: Free web-based e-mail. 2MB e-mail storage, signatures,
stationery, HTML compatible.
Category: Computers > Internet > E-mail > Free > Web-Based > H > Hotmail


If I do a search on google using search term: hotmail [as opposed to
hotmail.com], I get many results, but the first one is surely the most
significant:
Sign-in Access Error
Hotmail. Sign-in Access Error. JavaScript required. The browser that you are
using does not support JavaScript, or you may have disabled JavaScript.
Help. ...
Description: Free web-based e-mail. 2MB e-mail storage, signatures,
stationery, HTML compatible.
Category: Computers > Internet > E-mail > Free > Web-Based > H > Hotmail
www.hotmail.com/ - 10k - Sep 1, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

OK, the JS doesn't support/disabled is total BS; I see rollovers on other
pages just fine.

I still get these same google results after the different things I tried to
fix it.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated!
Matt
 
Forgot to mention that this only started happening yesterday, 2 days ago,
and for years before that, it's been working fine.
Thanks again in advance for any advice, M
 
It's a roadrunner antispam issue blocking certain domains..ask your isp to
heal thyself. Search this board for similar.
..winston

: Forgot to mention that this only started happening yesterday, 2 days ago,
: and for years before that, it's been working fine.
: Thanks again in advance for any advice, M
 
Try this. Do a ping of msnews.microsoft.com. Use the IP address in OE's
account properties instead of msnews.microsoft.com. Let us know how you go.

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Display Name said:
Forgot to mention that this only started happening yesterday, 2 days ago,
and for years before that, it's been working fine.
Thanks again in advance for any advice, M
Display Name said:
Nor can I get to the MSN.com page....
When I try to go to www.hotmail.com, the browser hangs for 10-20 seconds and
then it takes me briefly to the "page cannot be displayed" message and
redirects to that ultra-annoying Almighty Search page
Click to expand...
(http://xml.overture.com/d/search/p/igetnet/html/domainlander/?Keywords=www.
hotmail.com%2f)

I have IE 6.0 running on win2k professional. I have not added any software
or made any changes to the system. I searched on google to see if i could
find someone with a similar problem, but none of their remedies worked...

Here's what I tried:
-I cleared my visited-pages history
-deleted any cookies that could have been relevant
-Made my "advanced" settings in IE Internet Options EXACTLY the same as my
buddy's (who confirmed that, on his, he had no problems accessing hotmail)
-rebooted
In 'About IE', Cipher strength does show 128.


Also, if I do a search on Google using search term: hotmail.com, I get this
single result:
Sign-in Access Error
MSN Hotmail has an improved experience for you! Now MSN Hotmail gives
you what you've been asking for. More storage space, large ...
Description: Free web-based e-mail. 2MB e-mail storage, signatures,
stationery, HTML compatible.
Category: Computers > Internet > E-mail > Free > Web-Based > H > Hotmail


If I do a search on google using search term: hotmail [as opposed to
hotmail.com], I get many results, but the first one is surely the most
significant:
Sign-in Access Error
Hotmail. Sign-in Access Error. JavaScript required. The browser that you are
using does not support JavaScript, or you may have disabled JavaScript.
Help. ...
Description: Free web-based e-mail. 2MB e-mail storage, signatures,
stationery, HTML compatible.
Category: Computers > Internet > E-mail > Free > Web-Based > H > Hotmail
www.hotmail.com/ - 10k - Sep 1, 2003 - Cached - Similar pages

OK, the JS doesn't support/disabled is total BS; I see rollovers on other
pages just fine.

I still get these same google results after the different things I tried to
fix it.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated!
Matt
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