This is with everything I type in though. My other PC with IE 7 does not do
it. Is there anything else it could be?

"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

> "styles" <styles@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:F823CF05-856C-4494-BDDC-C2F3BC01B2A7@microsoft.com...
> > Whenever I type an address in the address bar without using www I get
> > "windows cannot find '(name of site)' Please check the spelling and try again
> > error. If i use the www it goes through. is there a way to correct that?
>
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> You can't just willy nilly decide to use a domain name for a host name.
> Some sites redirect their domain names to an appropriate host, some don't.
> Some domain names don't even have IP addresses.
>
> Hint: use nslookup (in a cmd window) to check for IP addresses or alias names.
> If the lookup involves a canonical name you may find that there is a delay
> doing it which makes first time requests less reliable. Then you may need
> to ping both the alias name and its canonical name in order to get them
> in the dnscache long enough for IE to continue using the alias. Etc.
>
>
> FYI
>
> Robert Aldwinckle
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