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Old September 15th 05, 02:23 PM
Dan
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Default Not connecting to website

Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this so I thought I'd try here first.

Problem:
For years I've been reading the Guardian on;ine edition and haven't had any
problems.
About a moth ago I tried hooking up high speed and for various reasons I
went back to dialup.
Everything works fine except this one link which is to the
Guardian........the banner for the page comes up but text does not get
displayed.

Any suggestions on how to fix this would greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan


  #2  
Old September 15th 05, 06:24 PM
Gary S. Terhune
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A link to the page in question would help.

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"Dan" wrote in message ...
Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this so I thought I'd try here first.

Problem:
For years I've been reading the Guardian on;ine edition and haven't had any
problems.
About a moth ago I tried hooking up high speed and for various reasons I
went back to dialup.
Everything works fine except this one link which is to the
Guardian........the banner for the page comes up but text does not get
displayed.

Any suggestions on how to fix this would greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan



  #3  
Old September 15th 05, 06:24 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Gary S. Terhune
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Default Not connecting to website

A link to the page in question would help.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Dan" wrote in message ...
Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this so I thought I'd try here first.

Problem:
For years I've been reading the Guardian on;ine edition and haven't had any
problems.
About a moth ago I tried hooking up high speed and for various reasons I
went back to dialup.
Everything works fine except this one link which is to the
Guardian........the banner for the page comes up but text does not get
displayed.

Any suggestions on how to fix this would greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan



  #4  
Old September 15th 05, 07:36 PM
Dan
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Oh right.
Here's the link.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

I've been using this link forever, it also will not come up on explore or
Opera. I'm using Firrefox and I get the logo in the uper left hand corner
and that's it.
I've cleared the cache and that hasn't changed things.
If I google a columnist for the Guardian I sometimes can acess that page but
that happens very sporadically.
It's irritating becuase I don't have this problen with any other site other
than if it's down or unavailable from there end.

Much appreciated.

ps- I have alot of text documents and I would like to read them without
printing them out and sittinghere at my computer are there any text readers
available. A laptop would be good but I really need just for reading. Any
suggestions on what I or where I might look we be great .

Dan
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
A link to the page in question would help.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Dan" wrote in message

...
Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this so I thought I'd try here first.

Problem:
For years I've been reading the Guardian on;ine edition and haven't had

any
problems.
About a moth ago I tried hooking up high speed and for various reasons I
went back to dialup.
Everything works fine except this one link which is to the
Guardian........the banner for the page comes up but text does not get
displayed.

Any suggestions on how to fix this would greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan





  #5  
Old September 15th 05, 07:36 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Dan[_2_]
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Posts: 6
Default Not connecting to website

Oh right.
Here's the link.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

I've been using this link forever, it also will not come up on explore or
Opera. I'm using Firrefox and I get the logo in the uper left hand corner
and that's it.
I've cleared the cache and that hasn't changed things.
If I google a columnist for the Guardian I sometimes can acess that page but
that happens very sporadically.
It's irritating becuase I don't have this problen with any other site other
than if it's down or unavailable from there end.

Much appreciated.

ps- I have alot of text documents and I would like to read them without
printing them out and sittinghere at my computer are there any text readers
available. A laptop would be good but I really need just for reading. Any
suggestions on what I or where I might look we be great .

Dan
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
A link to the page in question would help.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Dan" wrote in message

...
Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this so I thought I'd try here first.

Problem:
For years I've been reading the Guardian on;ine edition and haven't had

any
problems.
About a moth ago I tried hooking up high speed and for various reasons I
went back to dialup.
Everything works fine except this one link which is to the
Guardian........the banner for the page comes up but text does not get
displayed.

Any suggestions on how to fix this would greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan





  #6  
Old September 15th 05, 08:54 PM
chris
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The site comes up fine on my system...and I have ActiveX disabled ( amoung
other things ). Is it possible that you hard coded the sites IP address
somewhere? If you did and they changed it, that would be the problem.


"Dan" wrote in message
...
Oh right.
Here's the link.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

I've been using this link forever, it also will not come up on explore or
Opera. I'm using Firrefox and I get the logo in the uper left hand corner
and that's it.
I've cleared the cache and that hasn't changed things.
If I google a columnist for the Guardian I sometimes can acess that page

but
that happens very sporadically.
It's irritating becuase I don't have this problen with any other site

other
than if it's down or unavailable from there end.

Much appreciated.

ps- I have alot of text documents and I would like to read them without
printing them out and sittinghere at my computer are there any text

readers
available. A laptop would be good but I really need just for reading. Any
suggestions on what I or where I might look we be great .

Dan
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
A link to the page in question would help.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Dan" wrote in message

...
Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this so I thought I'd try here first.

Problem:
For years I've been reading the Guardian on;ine edition and haven't

had
any
problems.
About a moth ago I tried hooking up high speed and for various reasons

I
went back to dialup.
Everything works fine except this one link which is to the
Guardian........the banner for the page comes up but text does not get
displayed.

Any suggestions on how to fix this would greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan







  #7  
Old September 15th 05, 08:54 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
chris
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Posts: 27
Default Not connecting to website

The site comes up fine on my system...and I have ActiveX disabled ( amoung
other things ). Is it possible that you hard coded the sites IP address
somewhere? If you did and they changed it, that would be the problem.


"Dan" wrote in message
...
Oh right.
Here's the link.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

I've been using this link forever, it also will not come up on explore or
Opera. I'm using Firrefox and I get the logo in the uper left hand corner
and that's it.
I've cleared the cache and that hasn't changed things.
If I google a columnist for the Guardian I sometimes can acess that page

but
that happens very sporadically.
It's irritating becuase I don't have this problen with any other site

other
than if it's down or unavailable from there end.

Much appreciated.

ps- I have alot of text documents and I would like to read them without
printing them out and sittinghere at my computer are there any text

readers
available. A laptop would be good but I really need just for reading. Any
suggestions on what I or where I might look we be great .

Dan
"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
A link to the page in question would help.

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User

"Dan" wrote in message

...
Hi,

I'm not sure where to post this so I thought I'd try here first.

Problem:
For years I've been reading the Guardian on;ine edition and haven't

had
any
problems.
About a moth ago I tried hooking up high speed and for various reasons

I
went back to dialup.
Everything works fine except this one link which is to the
Guardian........the banner for the page comes up but text does not get
displayed.

Any suggestions on how to fix this would greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Dan







  #8  
Old September 15th 05, 08:56 PM
Gary S. Terhune
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Posts: n/a
Default

"Dan" wrote in message ...
Oh right.
Here's the link.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

I've been using this link forever, it also will not come up on explore or
Opera. I'm using Firrefox and I get the logo in the uper left hand corner
and that's it.
I've cleared the cache and that hasn't changed things.
If I google a columnist for the Guardian I sometimes can acess that page but
that happens very sporadically.
It's irritating becuase I don't have this problen with any other site other
than if it's down or unavailable from there end.


Works fine for me. Unfortunately, I'm not using other browsers, so I can't cover
all the bases, but I can offer these more extensive clean-up and repair
suggestions. Just to be sure, did this problem started happening when you
returned to dial-up from DSL, or did it happen earlier? Also, what are you
using for internet protection? Anti-spyware, Google toolbar, antivirus,
firewall, etc.?

Before doing anything else, reset IE Security settings to Default for the
Internet Zone. See if that fixes it. Here's some steps to try.

1. See my articles:
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

2. Set up a Clean Boot, then run IE Repair from the Tools menu of System
Information (StartRunMSINFO32) After the restart, manually launch your
antivirus and firewall and try the web page. If still no luck, kill the firewall
and try again. If still no luck, re-start the firewall.

3. Go into Internet Properties on the Programs tab, Manage Add-Ons button, and
disable all of the add-ons. Just to make sure, restart your system and restart
AV and Firewall.

4. Post back here with the results and the answers to my questions above.

5. Consider posting to a newsgroup dedicated to IE6 and/or other browsers.
People who may more readily recognize the problem.

Much appreciated.

ps- I have alot of text documents and I would like to read them without
printing them out and sittinghere at my computer are there any text readers
available. A laptop would be good but I really need just for reading. Any
suggestions on what I or where I might look we be great .


This might interest you.
http://www.imate.com/DETAILS_JASJAR.htm

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User


  #9  
Old September 15th 05, 08:56 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.performance
Gary S. Terhune
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Posts: 1,846
Default Not connecting to website

"Dan" wrote in message ...
Oh right.
Here's the link.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

I've been using this link forever, it also will not come up on explore or
Opera. I'm using Firrefox and I get the logo in the uper left hand corner
and that's it.
I've cleared the cache and that hasn't changed things.
If I google a columnist for the Guardian I sometimes can acess that page but
that happens very sporadically.
It's irritating becuase I don't have this problen with any other site other
than if it's down or unavailable from there end.


Works fine for me. Unfortunately, I'm not using other browsers, so I can't cover
all the bases, but I can offer these more extensive clean-up and repair
suggestions. Just to be sure, did this problem started happening when you
returned to dial-up from DSL, or did it happen earlier? Also, what are you
using for internet protection? Anti-spyware, Google toolbar, antivirus,
firewall, etc.?

Before doing anything else, reset IE Security settings to Default for the
Internet Zone. See if that fixes it. Here's some steps to try.

1. See my articles:
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

2. Set up a Clean Boot, then run IE Repair from the Tools menu of System
Information (StartRunMSINFO32) After the restart, manually launch your
antivirus and firewall and try the web page. If still no luck, kill the firewall
and try again. If still no luck, re-start the firewall.

3. Go into Internet Properties on the Programs tab, Manage Add-Ons button, and
disable all of the add-ons. Just to make sure, restart your system and restart
AV and Firewall.

4. Post back here with the results and the answers to my questions above.

5. Consider posting to a newsgroup dedicated to IE6 and/or other browsers.
People who may more readily recognize the problem.

Much appreciated.

ps- I have alot of text documents and I would like to read them without
printing them out and sittinghere at my computer are there any text readers
available. A laptop would be good but I really need just for reading. Any
suggestions on what I or where I might look we be great .


This might interest you.
http://www.imate.com/DETAILS_JASJAR.htm

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User


  #10  
Old September 16th 05, 02:10 AM
Dan
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I haven't had an opportunity to review all your suggestions yet Gary but in
answer to your question...
it happened after I had gone back to dial up that was about a month ago.
It was working fine with dial up and fine with high speed but when I
returned to dial up it was in the state it is now. All this was through the
same internet provider which I've never had problems with.


"Gary S. Terhune" wrote in message
...
"Dan" wrote in message

...
Oh right.
Here's the link.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/

I've been using this link forever, it also will not come up on explore

or
Opera. I'm using Firrefox and I get the logo in the uper left hand

corner
and that's it.
I've cleared the cache and that hasn't changed things.
If I google a columnist for the Guardian I sometimes can acess that page

but
that happens very sporadically.
It's irritating becuase I don't have this problen with any other site

other
than if it's down or unavailable from there end.


Works fine for me. Unfortunately, I'm not using other browsers, so I can't

cover
all the bases, but I can offer these more extensive clean-up and repair
suggestions. Just to be sure, did this problem started happening when you
returned to dial-up from DSL, or did it happen earlier? Also, what are

you
using for internet protection? Anti-spyware, Google toolbar, antivirus,
firewall, etc.?

Before doing anything else, reset IE Security settings to Default for the
Internet Zone. See if that fixes it. Here's some steps to try.

1. See my articles:
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/cleanboot.htm
http://www.grystmill.com/articles/security.htm

2. Set up a Clean Boot, then run IE Repair from the Tools menu of System
Information (StartRunMSINFO32) After the restart, manually launch your
antivirus and firewall and try the web page. If still no luck, kill the

firewall
and try again. If still no luck, re-start the firewall.

3. Go into Internet Properties on the Programs tab, Manage Add-Ons button,

and
disable all of the add-ons. Just to make sure, restart your system and

restart
AV and Firewall.

4. Post back here with the results and the answers to my questions above.

5. Consider posting to a newsgroup dedicated to IE6 and/or other browsers.
People who may more readily recognize the problem.

Much appreciated.

ps- I have alot of text documents and I would like to read them without
printing them out and sittinghere at my computer are there any text

readers
available. A laptop would be good but I really need just for reading.

Any
suggestions on what I or where I might look we be great .


This might interest you.
http://www.imate.com/DETAILS_JASJAR.htm

--
Gary S. Terhune
MS-MVP Shell/User




 




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