Can't get to certain sites

[Richard]

There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off the
firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting. I am
using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software and did
a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings with my
home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting down
nights for maintenance?

The Web host insists it's my computer or software and no
one else is having trouble, but I think that can't be
right. I have experimented with scores of other sites,
from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are the only
ones I can't load. They are generally information sites,
with no apparent security and no need for passwords.

Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs these
half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to admit
to?

 

[H Leboeuf]

Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a semi-colon ( ; ) in
front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator programs that will alter your
HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

 

[Sharon]

I am experiencing the same problem. We have 3 computers
all using IE6 and XPHome. Can't get into certain sites
with any of them, but others can...thats odd. My provider
also says its a software problem. I have been pulling my
hair out with this. I am going to try suggestions in this
post. Lets keep in touch on this one, ok?

-----Original Message-----
Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a semi-colon ( ; ) in
front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator programs that will alter your
HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===

There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off the
firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting. I am
using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software and did
a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings with my
home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting down
nights for maintenance?

The Web host insists it's my computer or software and no
one else is having trouble, but I think that can't be
right. I have experimented with scores of other sites,
from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are the only
ones I can't load. They are generally information sites,
with no apparent security and no need for passwords.

Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs these
half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to admit
to?

.

 

[Guest]

I just spoke with the affected company's tech guru and he
agreed it may be a HOST problem, but held out the
possibility that it is a DNS problem at his end. He gave
me the actually IP address for one of the affected sites
and I'll check it on my home computer tonight and see what
happens.

-----Original Message-----
I am experiencing the same problem. We have 3 computers
all using IE6 and XPHome. Can't get into certain sites
with any of them, but others can...thats odd. My provider
also says its a software problem. I have been pulling my
hair out with this. I am going to try suggestions in this
post. Lets keep in touch on this one, ok?

-----Original Message-----
Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a semi-colon ( ; ) in
front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator programs that will alter your
HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===

There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off the
firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting. I am
using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software and did
a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings with my
home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting down
nights for maintenance?

The Web host insists it's my computer or software and no
one else is having trouble, but I think that can't be
right. I have experimented with scores of other sites,
from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are the only
ones I can't load. They are generally information sites,
with no apparent security and no need for passwords.

Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs these
half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to admit
to?

.

.

 

[Sharon]

I did the ping routine...still same problem.

I renamed the hosts file to oldhosts, and only left the
line "127.0.0.1 localhost" without quotes...still same
problem.

I haven't done the batch suggestion yet. I will try it
and get back.

-----Original Message-----
I just spoke with the affected company's tech guru and he
agreed it may be a HOST problem, but held out the
possibility that it is a DNS problem at his end. He gave
me the actually IP address for one of the affected sites
and I'll check it on my home computer tonight and see what

happens.


-----Original Message-----
I am experiencing the same problem. We have 3 computers
all using IE6 and XPHome. Can't get into certain sites
with any of them, but others can...thats odd. My provider
also says its a software problem. I have been pulling my
hair out with this. I am going to try suggestions in this
post. Lets keep in touch on this one, ok?

-----Original Message-----
Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a semi-colon ( ; ) in
front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator

programs
that will alter your

HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===
There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off the
firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting.

I
am

using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software

and
did

a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings with my
home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting down
nights for maintenance?

The Web host insists it's my computer or software

and
no

one else is having trouble, but I think that can't be
right. I have experimented with scores of other sites,
from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are

the
only

ones I can't load. They are generally information sites,
with no apparent security and no need for passwords.

Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs these
half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to admit
to?


.

.

.

 

[Sharon]

I tried to go to my site in question
http://www.melorheostosis.org by using the address that
comes up when I hit go, http://206.139.180.51 and that
doesn't work either.

I've done everything you say to do with no luck, except
the last one, and I can't figure it out. Please tell me
how to download the RenHosts.bat file.

You mention

-----Original Message-----
I did the ping routine...still same problem.

I renamed the hosts file to oldhosts, and only left the
line "127.0.0.1 localhost" without quotes...still same
problem.

I haven't done the batch suggestion yet. I will try it
and get back.

-----Original Message-----
I just spoke with the affected company's tech guru and he
agreed it may be a HOST problem, but held out the
possibility that it is a DNS problem at his end. He gave
me the actually IP address for one of the affected sites
and I'll check it on my home computer tonight and see what

happens.


-----Original Message-----
I am experiencing the same problem. We have 3 computers
all using IE6 and XPHome. Can't get into certain sites
with any of them, but others can...thats odd. My provider
also says its a software problem. I have been pulling my
hair out with this. I am going to try suggestions in this
post. Lets keep in touch on this one, ok?

-----Original Message-----
Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be
hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there
should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a
semi-colon ( ; ) in
front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator programs
that will alter your
HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS
file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save
Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===
There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off
the
firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting. I
am
using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software and
did
a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings
with my
home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting down
nights for maintenance?

The Web host insists it's my computer or software and
no
one else is having trouble, but I think that can't be
right. I have experimented with scores of other sites,
from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are the
only
ones I can't load. They are generally information
sites,
with no apparent security and no need for passwords.

Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs these
half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to
admit
to?


.

.

.

.

 

[Sharon]

I just tried something. I right clicked on the blank
webpage and chose View Source and a line in the
information said: <p>This page uses frames, but your
browser doesn't support them.</p>

Now the question is why don't IE6 support frames?

Hang with me on this one guys, I am desperate!!

-----Original Message-----
I tried to go to my site in question
http://www.melorheostosis.org by using the address that
comes up when I hit go, http://206.139.180.51 and that
doesn't work either.

I've done everything you say to do with no luck, except
the last one, and I can't figure it out. Please tell me
how to download the RenHosts.bat file.

You mention

-----Original Message-----
I did the ping routine...still same problem.

I renamed the hosts file to oldhosts, and only left the
line "127.0.0.1 localhost" without quotes...still same
problem.

I haven't done the batch suggestion yet. I will try it
and get back.

-----Original Message-----
I just spoke with the affected company's tech guru and he
agreed it may be a HOST problem, but held out the
possibility that it is a DNS problem at his end. He gave
me the actually IP address for one of the affected sites
and I'll check it on my home computer tonight and see what
happens.


-----Original Message-----
I am experiencing the same problem. We have 3 computers
all using IE6 and XPHome. Can't get into certain sites
with any of them, but others can...thats odd. My provider
also says its a software problem. I have been pulling my
hair out with this. I am going to try suggestions in this
post. Lets keep in touch on this one, ok?

-----Original Message-----
Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be
hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there
should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a
semi-colon ( ; ) in
front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator programs
that will alter your
HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS
file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save
Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===
There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off
the
firewall and reduce the security to lowest

setting.
I

am
using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software and
did
a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings
with my
home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting down
nights for maintenance?

The Web host insists it's my computer or software and
no
one else is having trouble, but I think that can't be
right. I have experimented with scores of other sites,
from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are the
only
ones I can't load. They are generally information
sites,
with no apparent security and no need for passwords.

Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs these
half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to
admit
to?


.

.

.

.

.

 

[bt]

I don't know the IP address, but I did rename 2 HOSTS
files - no help.

-----Original Message-----
Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a semi- colon ( ; ) in
front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator programs that will alter your
HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===

There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off the
firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting. I am
using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software and did
a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings with my
home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting down
nights for maintenance?

The Web host insists it's my computer or software and no
one else is having trouble, but I think that can't be
right. I have experimented with scores of other sites,
from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are the only
ones I can't load. They are generally information sites,
with no apparent security and no need for passwords.

Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs these
half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to admit
to?

.

 

[Guest]

I "restarted" and made it back and everything seems to work so I hope this helps you too. Just info but I am not on a network and use AT&T as my server. Good luck.

I have been messing with this for a week and finally got mine to work. I ran "Adaware" and "spybot", changed host file to127.0.0.1 localhost but still had the same problem. I then went to internet options from the tools pull down on ie, clicked connections, click the settings button and cleared the box "use a proxy server for this connection".After that I was able to go to any site I tried. I did all this while online. Bear in mind that I am a plumber and not a computer tech and I have not restarted my computer yet so use this at your own risk but it seems to have worked for me. If I never hear diff errent it is probably because I smoked on "restart". Good luck. Here I go

I just tried something. I right clicked on the blank
webpage and chose View Source and a line in the
information said: <p>This page uses frames, but your
browser doesn't support them.</p>

Now the question is why don't IE6 support frames?

Hang with me on this one guys, I am desperate!!

-----Original Message-----
I tried to go to my site in question
http://www.melorheostosis.org by using the address that
comes up when I hit go, http://206.139.180.51 and that
doesn't work either.

I've done everything you say to do with no luck, except
the last one, and I can't figure it out. Please tell me
how to download the RenHosts.bat file.

You mention
-----Original Message-----
I did the ping routine...still same problem.

I renamed the hosts file to oldhosts, and only left the
line "127.0.0.1 localhost" without quotes...still same
problem.

I haven't done the batch suggestion yet. I will try it
and get back.

-----Original Message-----
I just spoke with the affected company's tech guru and
he
agreed it may be a HOST problem, but held out the
possibility that it is a DNS problem at his end. He
gave
me the actually IP address for one of the affected
sites
and I'll check it on my home computer tonight and see
what
happens.


-----Original Message-----
I am experiencing the same problem. We have 3
computers
all using IE6 and XPHome. Can't get into certain sites
with any of them, but others can...thats odd. My
provider
also says its a software problem. I have been pulling
my
hair out with this. I am going to try suggestions in
this
post. Lets keep in touch on this one, ok?

-----Original Message-----
Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be
hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there
should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a
semi-colon ( ; ) in
front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator
programs
that will alter your
HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain
sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS
file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save
Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===
There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I
get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All
these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the
latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn
off
the
firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting.
I
am
using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software
and
did
a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings
with my
home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting
down
nights for maintenance?

The Web host insists it's my computer or software
and
no
one else is having trouble, but I think that can't
be
right. I have experimented with scores of other
sites,
from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are
the
only
ones I can't load. They are generally information
sites,
with no apparent security and no need for passwords.

Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs
these
half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to
admit
to?


.

.

.

.

.

 

[Richard]

I searched through hidden files on the entire disk, in all
directories, and found nothing called "host."

The sites I can't get to actually belong to my employer,
so our technology VP gave me the actual IP address. And
that worked! So I could get their at http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
but not at http://www.sitename.com.

The VP thinks there may be a site problem.

-----Original Message-----
I don't know the IP address, but I did rename 2 HOSTS
files - no help.

-----Original Message-----
Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a

semi-
colon ( ; ) in

front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator programs that will alter your
HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===

There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off the
firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting. I am
using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software and did
a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings

with

my

.

.

 

[Guest]

I meant to add that similar results occured when
I "pinged" the sites. I get an error message when I ping
the name but an proper response when I ping the IP
adddress.

-----Original Message-----
I searched through hidden files on the entire disk, in all
directories, and found nothing called "host."

The sites I can't get to actually belong to my employer,
so our technology VP gave me the actual IP address. And
that worked! So I could get their at http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
but not at http://www.sitename.com.

The VP thinks there may be a site problem.

-----Original Message-----
I don't know the IP address, but I did rename 2 HOSTS
files - no help.

-----Original Message-----
Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a

semi-
colon ( ; ) in

front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator programs that will alter your
HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===
There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off the
firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting. I am
using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software and did
a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings

with

my
home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting down
nights for maintenance?

The Web host insists it's my computer or software and no
one else is having trouble, but I think that can't be
right. I have experimented with scores of other sites,
from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are the only
ones I can't load. They are generally information sites,
with no apparent security and no need for passwords.

Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs these
half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to admit
to?


.

.

.

 

[Richard]

That shouldn't happen. IE6 does fine with frames. I think
that particular site has a problem.

As noted in another post, I am speaking to our tech VP
tomorrow, and he's a super-expert. I will post my results
here.

-----Original Message-----
I just tried something. I right clicked on the blank
webpage and chose View Source and a line in the
information said: <p>This page uses frames, but your
browser doesn't support them.</p>

Now the question is why don't IE6 support frames?

Hang with me on this one guys, I am desperate!!

-----Original Message-----
I tried to go to my site in question
http://www.melorheostosis.org by using the address that
comes up when I hit go, http://206.139.180.51 and that
doesn't work either.

I've done everything you say to do with no luck, except
the last one, and I can't figure it out. Please tell me
how to download the RenHosts.bat file.

You mention

-----Original Message-----
I did the ping routine...still same problem.

I renamed the hosts file to oldhosts, and only left the
line "127.0.0.1 localhost" without quotes...still same
problem.

I haven't done the batch suggestion yet. I will try it
and get back.

-----Original Message-----
I just spoke with the affected company's tech guru and
he
agreed it may be a HOST problem, but held out the
possibility that it is a DNS problem at his end. He gave
me the actually IP address for one of the affected sites
and I'll check it on my home computer tonight and see
what
happens.


-----Original Message-----
I am experiencing the same problem. We have 3 computers
all using IE6 and XPHome. Can't get into certain sites
with any of them, but others can...thats odd. My
provider
also says its a software problem. I have been pulling
my
hair out with this. I am going to try suggestions in
this
post. Lets keep in touch on this one, ok?

-----Original Message-----
Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be
hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there
should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a
semi-colon ( ; ) in
front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator
programs
that will alter your
HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS
file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save
Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===
There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All
these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the
latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn off
the
firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting.
I
am
using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software
and
did
a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings
with my
home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting
down
nights for maintenance?

The Web host insists it's my computer or software
and
no
one else is having trouble, but I think that can't be
right. I have experimented with scores of other
sites,
from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are
the
only
ones I can't load. They are generally information
sites,
with no apparent security and no need for passwords.

Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs
these
half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to
admit
to?


.

.

.

.

.

.

 

[Sharon]

I've tried everything everyone has reported here and
still cannot get into the site I want. This is a good
site I know. Its a medical site. Will someone please see
if it opens for you? Its http://www.melorheostosis.org.
When I click on it it goes to a page with just the name
at the top and a horizontal and vertical line with white
background. In the address bar it changes to
http://www.206.139.180.51. Please report back what you
get. Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
I meant to add that similar results occured when
I "pinged" the sites. I get an error message when I ping
the name but an proper response when I ping the IP
adddress.

-----Original Message-----
I searched through hidden files on the entire disk, in all
directories, and found nothing called "host."

The sites I can't get to actually belong to my employer,
so our technology VP gave me the actual IP address. And
that worked! So I could get their at http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xx
but not at http://www.sitename.com.

The VP thinks there may be a site problem.

-----Original Message-----
I don't know the IP address, but I did rename 2 HOSTS
files - no help.

-----Original Message-----
Can you PING the site?

At a DOS prompt execute
www.nameofthesite.com

Do you get a positive response?

Or look at this issue.

It may be a HOSTS file problem.
Look for a file named HOSTS (no extension, could be
hidden) rename it
OLDHOSTS.

Or, you can open the file with Notepad

Unless you have install or created this file, there
should be only one
uncommented line in it and that is
"127.0.0.1 localhost" (no quotes)

If there's anything else, either delete it or put a semi-
colon ( ; ) in
front of the lines you wish to eliminate.
There are viruses, spyware and Web accelerator programs
that will alter your
HOSTS file to prevent you from accessing certain sites.

You can use a simple batch file to rename the HOSTS
file "on-the-fly".
Download: RenHosts.bat [right-click and select: Save
Target As]
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

--

Henri Leboeuf
Web page: http://www.colba.net/~hlebo49/index.htm
===
There is a small group of sites I can't get to: I get
the "The page cannot be displayed: The page you are
looking for is currently unavailable" error. All these
sites have different URLs but belong to the same
corporation. This problem occurs in IE 6.0, the latest
Navigator and Opera. It happens even when I turn

off
the

firewall and reduce the security to lowest setting.

I
am

using Windows XP. I own up-to-date virus software and
did
a full scan--no viruses.

Oddly, I can get to these sites in the daytime on my
office machine with Windows 2000, but not evenings with
my
home machine on Windows XP. Could they be shutting down
nights for maintenance?

The Web host insists it's my computer or software

and
no

one else is having trouble, but I think that can't be
right. I have experimented with scores of other sites,
from the simple to the complex, and these 5-6 are the
only
ones I can't load. They are generally information sites,
with no apparent security and no need for passwords.

Can this be my problem? Is the company that runs these
half dozen sites having trouble it doesn't want to admit
to?


.

.

.

.

 

[Alias]

I've tried everything everyone has reported here and
still cannot get into the site I want. This is a good
site I know. Its a medical site. Will someone please see
if it opens for you? Its http://www.melorheostosis.org.

Opens for me no problem.

Alias

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I just tried something. I right clicked on the blank
webpage and chose View Source and a line in the
information said: <p>This page uses frames, but your
browser doesn't support them.</p>

Now the question is why don't IE6 support frames?

Sharon,

That just means that you are viewing the frameset, the same thing
that you would see if you had done Alt-V,c.

I was thinking that the lines you were describing looked like frame
borders so doing right-click within a frame would have given you the
possibility of viewing the source for that frame even if it couldn't be
rendered properly.

Did you try experimenting with the Encoding as I also suggested?

Alternatively, now that you are getting the source for the frameset
why don't you simulate a viewing of each frame in its own window?
Let's start with the menu frame since that is likely to be the most useful
for you. Unfortunately, they don't explicitly identify the frame as a menu,
calling it "contents" and the src= operand is a relative reference to the
name you started with; so just append that (minus the quotes) to what is
now in the Address bar:

< http://206.139.180.51/new_page_2.htm >

Do you see that any better?


BTW because the frames are being loaded with relative reference
HOSTS would not be a factor if you were initially loading by IP Address.


HTH

Robert
---

 

[Alias]

No, it doesn't.

Alias

Thanks Alais, will you do one more thing for me? Go to
the site http://www.melorheostosis.org and right click on
the page then click on view source. Is there a line there
that says "<p>This page uses frames, but your browser
doesn't support them.</p>"

That line is in mine, which might have something to do
with the site not loading for me. Thanks

 

[Sharon]

Please tell me about the encoding, I don't think I saw
that. Thanks

 

[Sharon]

BTW, I tried what you said
http://206.139.180.51/new_page_2.htm and nothing comes up.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

BTW, I tried what you said
http://206.139.180.51/new_page_2.htm and nothing comes up.

Does View Source show you anything in this one?
There are no frames and no graphics; so all that there can be is text
but if you are having a problem viewing that encoding and you can't
change it that would explain your symptoms. Actually if it is some
kind of color problem instead you might also be able to tab through
the links and be able to see in the Status bar where the links would take
you.

If View Source shows you something another thing you could do is
File, Send, Page by E-mail and see if your mail reader can render
this page any differently for you. Doing that may also make it easier
for you to try that other experiment I suggested to delete the charset
reference from each page which isn't rendering. E.g. in OE you could
use the HTML mode Source and Preview pane, instead of having to
use Notepad and re-render your changes by taking care not to use
Refresh.


It was in my first reply to you in your original thread.

BTW it looks as if you may be using the old web interface to newsgroups.
You may find it more convenient to use the new web interface or to use
a real newsreader. Links for doing either are in this portal page:

< http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/support/newsgroups/default.asp#section1 >

See if you can use either to find my original reply.
However, I will leave you this hint: Alt-V,d


Good luck

Robert[/QUOTE]

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

No, it doesn't.

Alias,

She means in the View Source. The frameset doesn't show normally
unless the browser doesn't understand frames. You can see the
source of the frameset by using Alt-V,c. Apparently Sharon sees
the same thing by right-clicking on the window and choosing View Source.
If you did that you would be clicking within a frame and hence viewing
the source of the frame.


FYI

Robert
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