known website not found

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Hello,

I am trying to access a known website but no matter what I do to IE (XP Home SP2) I get a "not found" response. I set all my internet security zones to default and still cannot get it. Any help out there? The website is below:

https://www.annualcreditreport.com

Regards,
Bob Brannon
 
BBran said:
Hello,

I am trying to access a known website but no matter what I do to IE
(XP Home SP2) I get a "not found" response. I set all my internet
security zones to default and still cannot get it. Any help out
there? The website is below:

https://www.annualcreditreport.com

Regards,
Bob Brannon
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Check C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc for a file named HOSTS with no
extension. (Not Hosts.sam)
Make sure Windows is set to show hidden files and folders and is NOT set to
hide extensions for known file types.
If HOSTS exists, rename it to HOSTS.OLD
Reboot an try again.

Or, In a Cmd window, enter
ipconfig /flushdns
then clear your TIF also, and re-boot.

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Hi Bob :-)

Try the following and see if it helps:

Internet Explorer Cannot Connect to Secure Web Sites
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/troub-10.html

Cannot Connect to Secure Sites
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/secure.htm

or....

Why can't I browse certain websites
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/10082

Any firewall program you use, including Zone Alarm, can block out sites and
their cookies. Try disabling the XP SP2 firewall and any 3rd party
toolbars, popup or ad blockers as well and see if that helps.

Some sites require you to accept their cookies, and 3rd party cookies as
well, to access the site. Try adjusting or overriding our Cookies policy in
Control Panel>Internet Options>and check in the Privacy tab as well

Try adding the site to your Trusted Zone too.

also..

Courtesy of Frank Saunders -

Check for a file named HOSTS with no extension (not Hosts.sam). It may be a
hidden file. Open it with Notepad and remove any line referencing the site.
Or, rename HOSTS to OLDHOSTS.

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows/Internet Explorer
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that's why they're so contagious.

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Hello,

I am trying to access a known website but no matter what I do to IE (XP Home
SP2) I get a "not found" response. I set all my internet security zones to
default and still cannot get it. Any help out there? The website is below:

https://www.annualcreditreport.com

Regards,
Bob Brannon
 
Tried you suggestion but still couldn't get there. This is the only site (https) or otherwise that I cannot get to. BTW the site was not in the HOSTS file but I renamed it anyway.


BBran said:
Hello,

I am trying to access a known website but no matter what I do to IE
(XP Home SP2) I get a "not found" response. I set all my internet
security zones to default and still cannot get it. Any help out
there? The website is below:

https://www.annualcreditreport.com

Regards,
Bob Brannon
Click to expand...

Check C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc for a file named HOSTS with no
extension. (Not Hosts.sam)
Make sure Windows is set to show hidden files and folders and is NOT set to
hide extensions for known file types.
If HOSTS exists, rename it to HOSTS.OLD
Reboot an try again.

Or, In a Cmd window, enter
ipconfig /flushdns
then clear your TIF also, and re-boot.

--
Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
Please respond in Newsgroup only. Do not send email
http://www.fjsmjs.com
Protect your PC
http://www.microsoft.com./athome/security/protect/default.aspx
http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/
 
Thanks, but I tried all this and still can get nowhere. See my response to Frank Saunders.

Hi Bob :-)

Try the following and see if it helps:

Internet Explorer Cannot Connect to Secure Web Sites
http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/troub-10.html

Cannot Connect to Secure Sites
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/win/xp/secure.htm

or....

Why can't I browse certain websites
http://www.dslreports.com/faq/10082

Any firewall program you use, including Zone Alarm, can block out sites and
their cookies. Try disabling the XP SP2 firewall and any 3rd party
toolbars, popup or ad blockers as well and see if that helps.

Some sites require you to accept their cookies, and 3rd party cookies as
well, to access the site. Try adjusting or overriding our Cookies policy in
Control Panel>Internet Options>and check in the Privacy tab as well

Try adding the site to your Trusted Zone too.

also..

Courtesy of Frank Saunders -

Check for a file named HOSTS with no extension (not Hosts.sam). It may be a
hidden file. Open it with Notepad and remove any line referencing the site.
Or, rename HOSTS to OLDHOSTS.

Hope this helps.

Jan :)
MS MVP - Windows/Internet Explorer
Smiles are meant to be shared,
that's why they're so contagious.

Replies are posted only to the newsgroup for the benefit or other readers.
How to make a good newsgroup post:
http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm



Hello,

I am trying to access a known website but no matter what I do to IE (XP Home
SP2) I get a "not found" response. I set all my internet security zones to
default and still cannot get it. Any help out there? The website is below:

https://www.annualcreditreport.com

Regards,
Bob Brannon
 
I thought I said that below but yes, I can get to many others.


Can you get to other https sites?
 
Hello,

I am trying to access a known website but no matter what I do
to IE (XP Home SP2) I get a "not found" response. I set all
my internet security zones to default and still cannot get it.
Any help out there? The website is below:

https://www.annualcreditreport.com

Regards,
Bob Branno
Click to expand...

For once that isn’t IE’s fault, that is a server error (404 file
not found), nothing you can do to fix it.
 
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