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Unable To Access Google and Ebay Sites
I have recently been unable to access Google or Ebay. Each time I get "The
Page Cannot Be Displayed" message. I checked for Spyware by using Spybot but that didn't help either. On the Internet Options I changed the Security setting to Medium Low and the Privacy setting to Accept All Cookies. Still no luck. Seems like some adjustment to the Registry is required. Can anyone help? John |
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Unable To Access Google and Ebay Sites
Look for a file c:\windows\HOSTS if it exists rename it hosts.old then retry
Do not delete the file the hosts file is a useful gadget, but there are some programs that write bogus entries to it -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters "Carrigman" carrigman@DEATHTO SPAMMERShotmail.com wrote in message ... | I have recently been unable to access Google or Ebay. Each time I get "The | Page Cannot Be Displayed" message. | | I checked for Spyware by using Spybot but that didn't help either. | | On the Internet Options I changed the Security setting to Medium Low and the | Privacy setting to Accept All Cookies. | | Still no luck. | | Seems like some adjustment to the Registry is required. | | Can anyone help? | | John | | |
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Unable To Access Google and Ebay Sites
Thanks for the advice.
Tried it. Still no joy. John "AlmostBob" wrote in message ... Look for a file c:\windows\HOSTS if it exists rename it hosts.old then retry Do not delete the file the hosts file is a useful gadget, but there are some programs that write bogus entries to it -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters "Carrigman" carrigman@DEATHTO SPAMMERShotmail.com wrote in message ... | I have recently been unable to access Google or Ebay. Each time I get "The | Page Cannot Be Displayed" message. | | I checked for Spyware by using Spybot but that didn't help either. | | On the Internet Options I changed the Security setting to Medium Low and the | Privacy setting to Accept All Cookies. | | Still no luck. | | Seems like some adjustment to the Registry is required. | | Can anyone help? | | John | | |
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Unable To Access Google and Ebay Sites
That is the usual fix so you might want to post to an IE newsgroup and ask
for help. By the way, did you have your settings set so that the file extension shows? There can be more than one hosts file and you need to rename the one with no file extension. -- Regards Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98 Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour Knowledge Base Info: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo "Carrigman" carrigman@DEATHTO SPAMMERShotmail.com wrote in message ... Thanks for the advice. Tried it. Still no joy. John "AlmostBob" wrote in message ... Look for a file c:\windows\HOSTS if it exists rename it hosts.old then retry Do not delete the file the hosts file is a useful gadget, but there are some programs that write bogus entries to it -- Adaware http://www.lavasoft.de spybot http://security.kolla.de AVG free antivirus http://www.grisoft.com Panda online AntiVirus scan http://www.pandasoftware.com/ActiveScan/ Catalog of removal tools http://www.pandasoftware.com/download/utilities/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts file http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm links provided as a courtesy, read all instructions on the pages before use Grateful thanks to the authors/webmasters "Carrigman" carrigman@DEATHTO SPAMMERShotmail.com wrote in message ... | I have recently been unable to access Google or Ebay. Each time I get "The | Page Cannot Be Displayed" message. | | I checked for Spyware by using Spybot but that didn't help either. | | On the Internet Options I changed the Security setting to Medium Low and the | Privacy setting to Accept All Cookies. | | Still no luck. | | Seems like some adjustment to the Registry is required. | | Can anyone help? | | John | | |
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Unable To Access Google and Ebay Sites
-----Original Message----- I have recently been unable to access Google or Ebay. Each time I get "The Page Cannot Be Displayed" message. I checked for Spyware by using Spybot but that didn't help either. On the Internet Options I changed the Security setting to Medium Low and the Privacy setting to Accept All Cookies. Still no luck. Seems like some adjustment to the Registry is required. Can anyone help? John go to TOOLS, internet options: advanced. Check to see if you "java console enabled is ticked and JIT compiler for vitual machine enabled is Ticked. I had the same problem and that fixed it. Hope that helps Chow Debbie . |
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