Need computer help.........please

[waterboy]

What would make you suddenly not be able to visit a particular website? There's one website I frequent, but suddenly I am unable to get back on that website. I've been visiting that site for years. It won't even pull the site up!:mad: It just tells me that page is unavailable!:mad: What can cause this, and how do I fix it?

[PutMeInCoach]

Maybe the host server is down.

[LH Panther Mom]

Try rebooting your router. :nerd:

[Emerson1]

Originally posted by PutMeInCoach
Maybe the host server is down.
+1

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by waterboy
What would make you suddenly not be able to visit a particular website? There's one website I frequent, but suddenly I am unable to get back on that website. I've been visiting that site for years. It won't even pull the site up!:mad: It just tells me that page is unavailable!:mad: What can cause this, and how do I fix it?

Maybe they banned you! troublemaker!

:D

[waterboy]

Originally posted by PutMeInCoach
Maybe the host server is down.
Could it be down if others are able to get on that site?

[Emerson1]

Hit refresh

[waterboy]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
Try rebooting your router. :nerd:
Wouldn't that keep me from being able to get on this here site? Not sure how it works. Call me technologically challenged, if you will.:D

[waterboy]

Originally posted by pirate4state
Maybe they banned you! troublemaker!

:D
:mad: No!:mad: I only make trouble with you!:D

[PutMeInCoach]

Sites are hosted on different servers. If the site host server is down, no one would be able to view the site.

Example, if this 3ADL host server was down, you couldn't get to this site, but would be able to get to google because google is more than likely on a different host server.

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by waterboy
Wouldn't that keep me from being able to get on this here site? Not sure how it works. Call me technologically challenged, if you will.:D
No, not necessarily. Every once in a while, our router for some idiotic reason, decides to not load a site. For my husband, it's always the Pinnacle site....for me, it's pretty much the same football site every time. :thinking: :nerd: :D

[waterboy]

Originally posted by PutMeInCoach
Sites are hosted on different servers. If the site host server is down, no one would be able to view the site.

Example, if this 3ADL host server was down, you couldn't get to this site, but would be able to get to google because google is more than likely on a different host server.
But that's the problem. I had a buddy check the site on his computer and he had no trouble getting on. Doesn't that eliminate that possibility, or not?

[PutMeInCoach]

Yes, that wouldn't be the case then. If you are at work, did they add a new filtering system? Limiting what types of sites you can visit?

[PutMeInCoach]

Also, is he viewing an old cache file of the site?

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by PutMeInCoach
Also, is he viewing an old cache file of the site?
I'm pretty sure it's just him. :D

[PutMeInCoach]

It is a possible....just trying to help him rule out some simple things to check.

[waterboy]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
No, not necessarily. Every once in a while, our router for some idiotic reason, decides to not load a site. For my husband, it's always the Pinnacle site....for me, it's pretty much the same football site every time. :thinking: :nerd: :D
So what do I do? I mean somebody I know can get on the site from his computer without a problem. Why can't I?

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by waterboy
So what do I do? I mean somebody I know can get on the site from his computer without a problem. Why can't I?
If you're at home, turn off your router for a minute then turn it back on. If you're at work, look over your shoulder to see if someone's watching. :eek: :eek: ;)

[waterboy]

Originally posted by PutMeInCoach
Yes, that wouldn't be the case then. If you are at work, did they add a new filtering system? Limiting what types of sites you can visit?
No. I can still visit porn sites.:D Just kidding. I don't visit them kinda sites, and they haven't added any filters or anything. I still have administrator privileges.:D

[waterboy]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
If you're at home, turn off your router for a minute then turn it back on. If you're at work, look over your shoulder to see if someone's watching. :eek: :eek: ;)
It would be pretty hard for somebody to do that being as I face the door in my office. I did that on purpose......:D

[waterboy]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
I'm pretty sure it's just him. :D
:confused: You making fun of me?:mad: :D

[waterboy]

Well, any other suggestions??:confused:

[Stownhorse]

Im having the same problem with another forum, but ive never been able to access it since I got Suddenlink.

[Stownhorse]

You might try this.

http://www.4creatingawebsite.com/cant-access-website.htm

[waterboy]

Originally posted by Stownhorse
Im having the same problem with another forum, but ive never been able to access it since I got Suddenlink.
We haven't changed carriers or anything like that. I just find it odd, and frustrating, that I can't access that website. I mean, it just happened this week. I was on the website Tuesday right before I left work, came back the next day and couldn't get on. I even went back and restored the computer to a previous checkpoint to see if that might fix it. It didn't. I hope somebody has some ideas as to what it might be, and how I can go about fixing it.

[SintonFan_inAustin]

empty out the cookie jar!

:)


might have a bad link to the site!

[bobcat4life]

try finding a link on another site.
or you could do what i do on smoaky since my computer has never loaded the homepage-just get a link to a secondary page. i just go straight to the forums and navigate around the homepage.

[waterboy]

Originally posted by SintonFan_inAustin
empty out the cookie jar!

:)


might have a bad link to the site!
Done that. Didn't help.

[Farmersfan]

If you are attempting to connect via a link in your favorites folders then it could be a fouled link. Google the site again and connect that way. If that works then save that new link to favs and delete the old one...........If at work you might have a filter installed such as Websense and a recent upgrade/change by I.T. dept could have caused it. (I speak from experience on this one)

[waterboy]

Originally posted by Farmersfan
If you are attempting to connect via a link in your favorites folders then it could be a fouled link. Google the site again and connect that way. If that works then save that new link to favs and delete the old one...........If at work you might have a filter installed such as Websense and a recent upgrade/change by I.T. dept could have caused it. (I speak from experience on this one)
I've tried to connect to the link from different home pages. That doesn't work either. They haven't installed anything new to the computers, either. Plus, I have administrator privileges. I'm at my wit's end on this one. It's frustrating me.

[waterboy]

Originally posted by Stownhorse
You might try this.

http://www.4creatingawebsite.com/cant-access-website.htm
I tried this and it doesn't work, either.:(

[OldBison75]

Don't know what sites you have trouble with, but I had the same problem with a local television station site a couple of weeks ago. I called the station and was told that the site was working properly. I then contacted a local computer person that told me to turn off the computer, unplug the router, and reboot both. He said that sometimes a site is cut off from the computer by a firewall that has hiccupped during a power surge or other event and the only way to fix it is to reset the firewall by turning off both the computer and router at the same time. One computer on a network can have the problem and another not have it because of different levels of surge protection. Try it an see if it works.

[Emerson1]

Clear your cookies

[Farmersfan]

Like some have said, clear the cookies folder. Also clear all your temp internet folders(history) because once it reads the link you want to connect to it will load parameters from the history folder if they are there..........Other than this I have one other suggestion: "BOAT ANCHOR"!!!!! (JK)

[BILLYFRED0000]

Originally posted by waterboy
But that's the problem. I had a buddy check the site on his computer and he had no trouble getting on. Doesn't that eliminate that possibility, or not?

What browser do you use is the question. on IE6 I recommend clearing cookies and cache(temporary internet files) on IE on the general tab in internet options and check your proxy settings to automatically detect proxy settings. You would find this on the connections tab under lan settings in internet options. Also check settings in the general tab to make sure you can update the page either automatically or every time you visit the page. Then close all browser pages, reboot,and reset your router. Then retry.

The steps are different for ie7 and mozilla but you want to do the same things in the same order.

[waterboy]

Tried all that. I had to request a new password, by the way.:( Any other suggestions?

[waterboy]

Anybody else? Who's the computer guru on this here site?

[BILLYFRED0000]

How do you access the internet?

[IHStangFan]

Originally posted by PutMeInCoach
Maybe the host server is down. This

[jason]

install/run this

http://www.ccleaner.com/


then run this program

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/winsockxpfix.html


while your computer is restarting, unplug your modem and/or router - then plug them back in while your computer is rebooting

[IHStangFan]

OH...and if you're using Internet Explorer...that's half your problem right there......I'd recommend downloading Firefox, Arora, or something OTHER than IE.

[BILLYFRED0000]

I mean do you use cable, dsl, dialup satellite?

[kepdawg]

Sounds like you need to buy a new computer.

[waterboy]

Originally posted by BILLYFRED0000
I mean do you use cable, dsl, dialup satellite?
cable

[waterboy]

Originally posted by kepdawg
Sounds like you need to buy a new computer.
I'm sure my boss would love to hear that.:rolleyes: If I can, I'm gonna reboot the router after work and see if that helps. For some reason I don't think it will...:(