When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
I have reset the web settings with no success.
Is there anything else I can try?

Don H

Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp Service pack 3

"Don Hardie" wrote:

> When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
> I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
> I have reset the web settings with no success.
> Is there anything else I can try?
>
> Don H

Hi,

1. Try clearing the Temporary Internet Files, History and Cookies. .

2. Try clearing the DNS Cache
Start> Run> cmd [enter]
ipconfig /flushdns
Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.

3. Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem, router,
computers.

See if the site is in the HOSTS file.
To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS file
at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If
there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#) in
front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the HOSTS
file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.

Additional info on the HOSTS file at:
The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio): http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm

4. Additional possibilities at:
956196- You receive an error message- Internet Explorer cannot display the
webpage:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196
-
Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:6400A73D-E28E-4DF1-A2DE-FA69EFBEB2E2@microsoft.com...
> Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp Service pack
3

> "Don Hardie" wrote:
>
> > When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
> > I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
> > I have reset the web settings with no success.
> > Is there anything else I can try?
> >
> > Don H

Don
I did every thing you said and still no luck. I installed and tried Firefox
and it gave a similar message.
Lucky I don't own a BMW, when the son in law wants any help he'll have to
send me the relevant pages out of the workshop manual that he can access on
the bmwfriends.info site.
Don

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> 1. Try clearing the Temporary Internet Files, History and Cookies. .
>
> 2. Try clearing the DNS Cache
> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
> ipconfig /flushdns
> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
>
> 3. Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem, router,
> computers.
>
> See if the site is in the HOSTS file.
> To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
> Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
> not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS file
> at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If
> there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#) in
> front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the HOSTS
> file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
>
> Additional info on the HOSTS file at:
> The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio): http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>
> 4. Additional possibilities at:
> 956196- You receive an error message- Internet Explorer cannot display the
> webpage:
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196
> -
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6400A73D-E28E-4DF1-A2DE-FA69EFBEB2E2@microsoft.com...
> > Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp Service pack
> 3
>
> > "Don Hardie" wrote:
> >
> > > When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
> > > I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
> > > I have reset the web settings with no success.
> > > Is there anything else I can try?
> > >
> > > Don H
>
>

If you're connecting wirelessly or via a router, does the behavior persist
when you connect directly to the modem?

If it's a laptop, can you access the site at your SIL's house?


Have you tried every single Resolution method in
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196?

What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running
in the background when you installed SP3?

Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
it)?

Is Automatic Updates enabled and can you reach & use
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com?
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
www.banthecheck.com


Don Hardie wrote:
> Don
> I did every thing you said and still no luck. I installed and tried
> Firefox
> and it gave a similar message.
> Lucky I don't own a BMW, when the son in law wants any help he'll have to
> send me the relevant pages out of the workshop manual that he can access
> on
> the bmwfriends.info site.
>
> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>> 1. Try clearing the Temporary Internet Files, History and Cookies. .
>>
>> 2. Try clearing the DNS Cache
>> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
>> ipconfig /flushdns
>> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
>>
>> 3. Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem, router,
>> computers.
>>
>> See if the site is in the HOSTS file.
>> To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
>> Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
>> not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS
>> file
>> at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If
>> there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#) in
>> front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the
>> HOSTS
>> file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
>>
>> Additional info on the HOSTS file at:
>> The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio): http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
>> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
>> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>>
>> 4. Additional possibilities at:
>> 956196- You receive an error message- Internet Explorer cannot display
>> the
>> webpage:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196
>> -
>> Hope this helps,
>> Don
>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>
>> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6400A73D-E28E-4DF1-A2DE-FA69EFBEB2E2@microsoft.com...
>>> Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp Service
>>> pack 3
>>
>>>> When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
>>>> I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
>>>> I have reset the web settings with no success.
>>>> Is there anything else I can try?

No wireless connection, just a straight connection from a Netcom Modem to an
ASUS PC. I am running Free Zone Alarm, AVG Antivirus Free and Spyware blaster
which were running when SP 3 was originally installed I have recently done a
re-installation of XP using a copy of XP slipstreamed with SP3. No Norton or
McAfee applications have been installed. Windowsupdate is turned on and I
have tried kb956169 fixes.
This has only happened since last week when I first tried to open it and
only on this web site.
Can you open - http://bmwfans.info/ ?

Don

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> If you're connecting wirelessly or via a router, does the behavior persist
> when you connect directly to the modem?
>
> If it's a laptop, can you access the site at your SIL's house?
>
>
> Have you tried every single Resolution method in
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196?
>
> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than Defender)?
> What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these applications running
> in the background when you installed SP3?
>
> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
> machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you bought
> it)?
>
> Is Automatic Updates enabled and can you reach & use
> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com?
> --
> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> www.banthecheck.com
>
>
> Don Hardie wrote:
> > Don
> > I did every thing you said and still no luck. I installed and tried
> > Firefox
> > and it gave a similar message.
> > Lucky I don't own a BMW, when the son in law wants any help he'll have to
> > send me the relevant pages out of the workshop manual that he can access
> > on
> > the bmwfriends.info site.
> >
> > "Don Varnau" wrote:
> >> 1. Try clearing the Temporary Internet Files, History and Cookies. .
> >>
> >> 2. Try clearing the DNS Cache
> >> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
> >> ipconfig /flushdns
> >> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
> >>
> >> 3. Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem, router,
> >> computers.
> >>
> >> See if the site is in the HOSTS file.
> >> To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
> >> Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
> >> not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS
> >> file
> >> at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If
> >> there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#) in
> >> front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the
> >> HOSTS
> >> file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
> >>
> >> Additional info on the HOSTS file at:
> >> The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio): http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
> >> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
> >> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> >>
> >> 4. Additional possibilities at:
> >> 956196- You receive an error message- Internet Explorer cannot display
> >> the
> >> webpage:
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196
> >> -
> >> Hope this helps,
> >> Don
> >> [MS MVP- IE]
> >>
> >> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6400A73D-E28E-4DF1-A2DE-FA69EFBEB2E2@microsoft.com...
> >>> Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp Service
> >>> pack 3
> >>
> >>>> When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
> >>>> I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
> >>>> I have reset the web settings with no success.
> >>>> Is there anything else I can try?
>
>

"Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:EFE8650C-6EAB-4E0F-B6DF-9C41E1CDBA07@microsoft.com...

> Can you open - http://bmwfans.info/ ?

Yes. Using IE8 on XPsp3.

Check first to see if you have connectivity there.
Since you are using XP you may do that using
either telnet or netsh for port 80 (in a cmd window):

Syntax for the latter test:

netsh diag connect iphost bmwfans.info 80

Before doing that you could do

ipconfig /flushdns

and then after see what you get from

ipconfig /displaydns

FWIW here is what I got from the latter:

<displaydns>
bmwfans.info
----------------------------------------
Record Name . . . . . : bmwfans.info
Record Type . . . . . : 1
Time To Live . . . . : 7186
Data Length . . . . . : 4
Section . . . . . . . : Answer
A (Host) Record . . . : 89.149.235.247
</displaydns>

If you don't get an IP address in a an A (Host) Record
it could explain your symptom. In that case you could
temporarily add one in your HOSTS file and then go to
your ISP and ask that its DNS get corrected.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
---

Yes, I can access http://bmwfans.info but if I try to access it via its
Lithuanian IP (http://89.149.235.247/) , I get a HTTP 400 "webpage cannot be
found" error.

Did you recently install WinXP SP3? If so, were AVG and ZA running in the
background when you installed SP3?

If you disable ZA and enable the Windows Firewall, does the behavior
persist?


Don Hardie wrote:
> No wireless connection, just a straight connection from a Netcom Modem to
> an
> ASUS PC. I am running Free Zone Alarm, AVG Antivirus Free and Spyware
> blaster which were running when SP 3 was originally installed I have
> recently done a re-installation of XP using a copy of XP slipstreamed with
> SP3. No Norton or McAfee applications have been installed. Windowsupdate
> is
> turned on and I have tried kb956169 fixes.
> This has only happened since last week when I first tried to open it and
> only on this web site.
> Can you open - http://bmwfans.info/ ?
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> If you're connecting wirelessly or via a router, does the behavior
>> persist
>> when you connect directly to the modem?
>>
>> If it's a laptop, can you access the site at your SIL's house?
>>
>> Have you tried every single Resolution method in
>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196?
>>
>> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
>> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
>> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
>> applications running in the background when you installed SP3?
>>
>> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
>> machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
>> bought
>> it)?
>>
>> Is Automatic Updates enabled and can you reach & use
>> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com?
>> --
>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>> www.banthecheck.com
>>
>>
>> Don Hardie wrote:
>>> Don
>>> I did every thing you said and still no luck. I installed and tried
>>> Firefox
>>> and it gave a similar message.
>>> Lucky I don't own a BMW, when the son in law wants any help he'll have
>>> to
>>> send me the relevant pages out of the workshop manual that he can access
>>> on
>>> the bmwfriends.info site.
>>>
>>> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>>>> 1. Try clearing the Temporary Internet Files, History and Cookies. .
>>>>
>>>> 2. Try clearing the DNS Cache
>>>> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
>>>> ipconfig /flushdns
>>>> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
>>>>
>>>> 3. Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem, router,
>>>> computers.
>>>>
>>>> See if the site is in the HOSTS file.
>>>> To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
>>>> Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
>>>> not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS
>>>> file
>>>> at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad.
>>>> If
>>>> there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#)
>>>> in
>>>> front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the
>>>> HOSTS
>>>> file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
>>>>
>>>> Additional info on the HOSTS file at:
>>>> The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio): http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
>>>> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
>>>> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>>>>
>>>> 4. Additional possibilities at:
>>>> 956196- You receive an error message- Internet Explorer cannot display
>>>> the
>>>> webpage:
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196
>>>> -
>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>> Don
>>>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>>>
>>>> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:6400A73D-E28E-4DF1-A2DE-FA69EFBEB2E2@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp Service
>>>>> pack 3
>>>>
>>>>>> When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
>>>>>> I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
>>>>>> I have reset the web settings with no success.
>>>>>> Is there anything else I can try?

Robert and PA Bear

I have tried all your suggestions I was game to, as I know enough just to
get me into trouble and don't want to make any other problems.
I finally got a reply from my ISP with similar fixes and I did all I was
happy to try. They can access the site so it's not an ISP problem.
It is still only this web site I can't access.
Thanks for all your help, but I think I will give up.

Don

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Yes, I can access http://bmwfans.info but if I try to access it via its
> Lithuanian IP (http://89.149.235.247/) , I get a HTTP 400 "webpage cannot be
> found" error.
>
> Did you recently install WinXP SP3? If so, were AVG and ZA running in the
> background when you installed SP3?
>
> If you disable ZA and enable the Windows Firewall, does the behavior
> persist?
>
>
> Don Hardie wrote:
> > No wireless connection, just a straight connection from a Netcom Modem to
> > an
> > ASUS PC. I am running Free Zone Alarm, AVG Antivirus Free and Spyware
> > blaster which were running when SP 3 was originally installed I have
> > recently done a re-installation of XP using a copy of XP slipstreamed with
> > SP3. No Norton or McAfee applications have been installed. Windowsupdate
> > is
> > turned on and I have tried kb956169 fixes.
> > This has only happened since last week when I first tried to open it and
> > only on this web site.
> > Can you open - http://bmwfans.info/ ?
> >
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >> If you're connecting wirelessly or via a router, does the behavior
> >> persist
> >> when you connect directly to the modem?
> >>
> >> If it's a laptop, can you access the site at your SIL's house?
> >>
> >> Have you tried every single Resolution method in
> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196?
> >>
> >> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
> >> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
> >> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
> >> applications running in the background when you installed SP3?
> >>
> >> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
> >> machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
> >> bought
> >> it)?
> >>
> >> Is Automatic Updates enabled and can you reach & use
> >> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com?
> >> --
> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> >> www.banthecheck.com
> >>
> >>
> >> Don Hardie wrote:
> >>> Don
> >>> I did every thing you said and still no luck. I installed and tried
> >>> Firefox
> >>> and it gave a similar message.
> >>> Lucky I don't own a BMW, when the son in law wants any help he'll have
> >>> to
> >>> send me the relevant pages out of the workshop manual that he can access
> >>> on
> >>> the bmwfriends.info site.
> >>>
> >>> "Don Varnau" wrote:
> >>>> 1. Try clearing the Temporary Internet Files, History and Cookies. .
> >>>>
> >>>> 2. Try clearing the DNS Cache
> >>>> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
> >>>> ipconfig /flushdns
> >>>> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
> >>>>
> >>>> 3. Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem, router,
> >>>> computers.
> >>>>
> >>>> See if the site is in the HOSTS file.
> >>>> To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
> >>>> Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
> >>>> not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS
> >>>> file
> >>>> at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad.
> >>>> If
> >>>> there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#)
> >>>> in
> >>>> front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the
> >>>> HOSTS
> >>>> file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
> >>>>
> >>>> Additional info on the HOSTS file at:
> >>>> The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio): http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
> >>>> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
> >>>> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> >>>>
> >>>> 4. Additional possibilities at:
> >>>> 956196- You receive an error message- Internet Explorer cannot display
> >>>> the
> >>>> webpage:
> >>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196
> >>>> -
> >>>> Hope this helps,
> >>>> Don
> >>>> [MS MVP- IE]
> >>>>
> >>>> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>>> news:6400A73D-E28E-4DF1-A2DE-FA69EFBEB2E2@microsoft.com...
> >>>>> Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp Service
> >>>>> pack 3
> >>>>
> >>>>>> When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
> >>>>>> I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
> >>>>>> I have reset the web settings with no success.
> >>>>>> Is there anything else I can try?
>
>

OK...

YW


Don Hardie wrote:
> Robert and PA Bear
>
> I have tried all your suggestions I was game to, as I know enough just to
> get me into trouble and don't want to make any other problems.
> I finally got a reply from my ISP with similar fixes and I did all I was
> happy to try. They can access the site so it's not an ISP problem.
> It is still only this web site I can't access.
> Thanks for all your help, but I think I will give up.
>
> Don
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Yes, I can access http://bmwfans.info but if I try to access it via its
>> Lithuanian IP (http://89.149.235.247/) , I get a HTTP 400 "webpage cannot
>> be found" error.
>>
>> Did you recently install WinXP SP3? If so, were AVG and ZA running in the
>> background when you installed SP3?
>>
>> If you disable ZA and enable the Windows Firewall, does the behavior
>> persist?
>>
>>
>> Don Hardie wrote:
>>> No wireless connection, just a straight connection from a Netcom Modem
>>> to
>>> an
>>> ASUS PC. I am running Free Zone Alarm, AVG Antivirus Free and Spyware
>>> blaster which were running when SP 3 was originally installed I have
>>> recently done a re-installation of XP using a copy of XP slipstreamed
>>> with
>>> SP3. No Norton or McAfee applications have been installed. Windowsupdate
>>> is
>>> turned on and I have tried kb956169 fixes.
>>> This has only happened since last week when I first tried to open it and
>>> only on this web site.
>>> Can you open - http://bmwfans.info/ ?
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>>> If you're connecting wirelessly or via a router, does the behavior
>>>> persist
>>>> when you connect directly to the modem?
>>>>
>>>> If it's a laptop, can you access the site at your SIL's house?
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried every single Resolution method in
>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196?
>>>>
>>>> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
>>>> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
>>>> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
>>>> applications running in the background when you installed SP3?
>>>>
>>>> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
>>>> machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
>>>> bought
>>>> it)?
>>>>
>>>> Is Automatic Updates enabled and can you reach & use
>>>> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com?
>>>> --
>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>>> www.banthecheck.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don Hardie wrote:
>>>>> Don
>>>>> I did every thing you said and still no luck. I installed and tried
>>>>> Firefox
>>>>> and it gave a similar message.
>>>>> Lucky I don't own a BMW, when the son in law wants any help he'll have
>>>>> to
>>>>> send me the relevant pages out of the workshop manual that he can
>>>>> access
>>>>> on
>>>>> the bmwfriends.info site.
>>>>>
>>>>> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>>>>>> 1. Try clearing the Temporary Internet Files, History and Cookies. .
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2. Try clearing the DNS Cache
>>>>>> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
>>>>>> ipconfig /flushdns
>>>>>> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 3. Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem,
>>>>>> router,
>>>>>> computers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See if the site is in the HOSTS file.
>>>>>> To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
>>>>>> Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
>>>>>> not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a
>>>>>> HOSTS
>>>>>> file
>>>>>> at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with
>>>>>> notepad.
>>>>>> If
>>>>>> there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#)
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the
>>>>>> HOSTS
>>>>>> file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Additional info on the HOSTS file at:
>>>>>> The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio):
>>>>>> http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
>>>>>> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
>>>>>> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 4. Additional possibilities at:
>>>>>> 956196- You receive an error message- Internet Explorer cannot
>>>>>> display
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> webpage:
>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196
>>>>>> -
>>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>>> Don
>>>>>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:6400A73D-E28E-4DF1-A2DE-FA69EFBEB2E2@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>> Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp
>>>>>>> Service
>>>>>>> pack 3
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
>>>>>>>> I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
>>>>>>>> I have reset the web settings with no success.
>>>>>>>> Is there anything else I can try?

"Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6A9AC92F-82A7-4A09-9F8F-A82A743CD061@microsoft.com...
> Robert and PA Bear
>
> I have tried all your suggestions I was game to, as I know enough just to
> get me into trouble and don't want to make any other problems.

> I finally got a reply from my ISP with similar fixes and I did all I was
> happy to try. They can access the site so it's not an ISP problem.
> It is still only this web site I can't access.


Really? Did they ask you what your DNS addresses were?
If not they can't know what you are looking at and therefore
their comparisons may be irrelevant.


> Thanks for all your help, but I think I will give up.


Why not show us what you are seeing? What I suggested was getting
some diagnostics and you haven't shared them with us so I suspect
you won't be interpreting them correctly or as completely as they may
permit.


HTH

Robert
---


>
> Don
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>
>> Yes, I can access http://bmwfans.info but if I try to access it via its
>> Lithuanian IP (http://89.149.235.247/) , I get a HTTP 400 "webpage cannot be
>> found" error.
>>
>> Did you recently install WinXP SP3? If so, were AVG and ZA running in the
>> background when you installed SP3?
>>
>> If you disable ZA and enable the Windows Firewall, does the behavior
>> persist?
>>
>>
>> Don Hardie wrote:
>> > No wireless connection, just a straight connection from a Netcom Modem to
>> > an
>> > ASUS PC. I am running Free Zone Alarm, AVG Antivirus Free and Spyware
>> > blaster which were running when SP 3 was originally installed I have
>> > recently done a re-installation of XP using a copy of XP slipstreamed with
>> > SP3. No Norton or McAfee applications have been installed. Windowsupdate
>> > is
>> > turned on and I have tried kb956169 fixes.
>> > This has only happened since last week when I first tried to open it and
>> > only on this web site.
>> > Can you open - http://bmwfans.info/ ?
>> >
>> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> >> If you're connecting wirelessly or via a router, does the behavior
>> >> persist
>> >> when you connect directly to the modem?
>> >>
>> >> If it's a laptop, can you access the site at your SIL's house?
>> >>
>> >> Have you tried every single Resolution method in
>> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196?
>> >>
>> >> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
>> >> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
>> >> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
>> >> applications running in the background when you installed SP3?
>> >>
>> >> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
>> >> machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
>> >> bought
>> >> it)?
>> >>
>> >> Is Automatic Updates enabled and can you reach & use
>> >> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com?
>> >> --
>> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>> >> www.banthecheck.com
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Don Hardie wrote:
>> >>> Don
>> >>> I did every thing you said and still no luck. I installed and tried
>> >>> Firefox
>> >>> and it gave a similar message.
>> >>> Lucky I don't own a BMW, when the son in law wants any help he'll have
>> >>> to
>> >>> send me the relevant pages out of the workshop manual that he can access
>> >>> on
>> >>> the bmwfriends.info site.
>> >>>
>> >>> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>> >>>> 1. Try clearing the Temporary Internet Files, History and Cookies. .
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 2. Try clearing the DNS Cache
>> >>>> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
>> >>>> ipconfig /flushdns
>> >>>> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 3. Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem, router,
>> >>>> computers.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> See if the site is in the HOSTS file.
>> >>>> To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
>> >>>> Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
>> >>>> not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS
>> >>>> file
>> >>>> at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad.
>> >>>> If
>> >>>> there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#)
>> >>>> in
>> >>>> front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the
>> >>>> HOSTS
>> >>>> file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Additional info on the HOSTS file at:
>> >>>> The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio): http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
>> >>>> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
>> >>>> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>> >>>>
>> >>>> 4. Additional possibilities at:
>> >>>> 956196- You receive an error message- Internet Explorer cannot display
>> >>>> the
>> >>>> webpage:
>> >>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196
>> >>>> -
>> >>>> Hope this helps,
>> >>>> Don
>> >>>> [MS MVP- IE]
>> >>>>
>> >>>> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> >>>> news:6400A73D-E28E-4DF1-A2DE-FA69EFBEB2E2@microsoft.com...
>> >>>>> Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp Service
>> >>>>> pack 3
>> >>>>
>> >>>>>> When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
>> >>>>>> I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
>> >>>>>> I have reset the web settings with no success.
>> >>>>>> Is there anything else I can try?
>>
>>

Robert

They got me to change the DNS back to theirs and I updated to IE 7, but
still no luck.

"Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:

>
> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:6A9AC92F-82A7-4A09-9F8F-A82A743CD061@microsoft.com...
> > Robert and PA Bear
> >
> > I have tried all your suggestions I was game to, as I know enough just to
> > get me into trouble and don't want to make any other problems.
>
> > I finally got a reply from my ISP with similar fixes and I did all I was
> > happy to try. They can access the site so it's not an ISP problem.
> > It is still only this web site I can't access.
>
>
> Really? Did they ask you what your DNS addresses were?
> If not they can't know what you are looking at and therefore
> their comparisons may be irrelevant.
>
>
> > Thanks for all your help, but I think I will give up.
>
>
> Why not show us what you are seeing? What I suggested was getting
> some diagnostics and you haven't shared them with us so I suspect
> you won't be interpreting them correctly or as completely as they may
> permit.
>
>
> HTH
>
> Robert
> ---
>
>
> >
> > Don
> >
> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, I can access http://bmwfans.info but if I try to access it via its
> >> Lithuanian IP (http://89.149.235.247/) , I get a HTTP 400 "webpage cannot be
> >> found" error.
> >>
> >> Did you recently install WinXP SP3? If so, were AVG and ZA running in the
> >> background when you installed SP3?
> >>
> >> If you disable ZA and enable the Windows Firewall, does the behavior
> >> persist?
> >>
> >>
> >> Don Hardie wrote:
> >> > No wireless connection, just a straight connection from a Netcom Modem to
> >> > an
> >> > ASUS PC. I am running Free Zone Alarm, AVG Antivirus Free and Spyware
> >> > blaster which were running when SP 3 was originally installed I have
> >> > recently done a re-installation of XP using a copy of XP slipstreamed with
> >> > SP3. No Norton or McAfee applications have been installed. Windowsupdate
> >> > is
> >> > turned on and I have tried kb956169 fixes.
> >> > This has only happened since last week when I first tried to open it and
> >> > only on this web site.
> >> > Can you open - http://bmwfans.info/ ?
> >> >
> >> > "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >> >> If you're connecting wirelessly or via a router, does the behavior
> >> >> persist
> >> >> when you connect directly to the modem?
> >> >>
> >> >> If it's a laptop, can you access the site at your SIL's house?
> >> >>
> >> >> Have you tried every single Resolution method in
> >> >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196?
> >> >>
> >> >> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is your
> >> >> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
> >> >> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
> >> >> applications running in the background when you installed SP3?
> >> >>
> >> >> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on this
> >> >> machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
> >> >> bought
> >> >> it)?
> >> >>
> >> >> Is Automatic Updates enabled and can you reach & use
> >> >> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com?
> >> >> --
> >> >> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >> >> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> >> >> www.banthecheck.com
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> Don Hardie wrote:
> >> >>> Don
> >> >>> I did every thing you said and still no luck. I installed and tried
> >> >>> Firefox
> >> >>> and it gave a similar message.
> >> >>> Lucky I don't own a BMW, when the son in law wants any help he'll have
> >> >>> to
> >> >>> send me the relevant pages out of the workshop manual that he can access
> >> >>> on
> >> >>> the bmwfriends.info site.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> "Don Varnau" wrote:
> >> >>>> 1. Try clearing the Temporary Internet Files, History and Cookies. .
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> 2. Try clearing the DNS Cache
> >> >>>> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
> >> >>>> ipconfig /flushdns
> >> >>>> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> 3. Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem, router,
> >> >>>> computers.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> See if the site is in the HOSTS file.
> >> >>>> To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
> >> >>>> Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
> >> >>>> not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS
> >> >>>> file
> >> >>>> at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad.
> >> >>>> If
> >> >>>> there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#)
> >> >>>> in
> >> >>>> front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the
> >> >>>> HOSTS
> >> >>>> file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> Additional info on the HOSTS file at:
> >> >>>> The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio): http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
> >> >>>> Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a Hosts File:
> >> >>>> http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> 4. Additional possibilities at:
> >> >>>> 956196- You receive an error message- Internet Explorer cannot display
> >> >>>> the
> >> >>>> webpage:
> >> >>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196
> >> >>>> -
> >> >>>> Hope this helps,
> >> >>>> Don
> >> >>>> [MS MVP- IE]
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> >>>> news:6400A73D-E28E-4DF1-A2DE-FA69EFBEB2E2@microsoft.com...
> >> >>>>> Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp Service
> >> >>>>> pack 3
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>>>> When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
> >> >>>>>> I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
> >> >>>>>> I have reset the web settings with no success.
> >> >>>>>> Is there anything else I can try?
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

Upgrading to IE7 when IE6 wasn't working was not a wise idea, Don,
especially since AVG and ZA were running in the background when you
installed SP3.

Were AVG and ZA running in the background when you installed IE7, too?


Don Hardie wrote:
> Robert
>
> They got me to change the DNS back to theirs and I updated to IE 7, but
> still no luck.
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:6A9AC92F-82A7-4A09-9F8F-A82A743CD061@microsoft.com...
>>> Robert and PA Bear
>>>
>>> I have tried all your suggestions I was game to, as I know enough just
>>> to
>>> get me into trouble and don't want to make any other problems.
>>
>>> I finally got a reply from my ISP with similar fixes and I did all I was
>>> happy to try. They can access the site so it's not an ISP problem.
>>> It is still only this web site I can't access.
>>
>>
>> Really? Did they ask you what your DNS addresses were?
>> If not they can't know what you are looking at and therefore
>> their comparisons may be irrelevant.
>>
>>
>>> Thanks for all your help, but I think I will give up.
>>
>>
>> Why not show us what you are seeing? What I suggested was getting
>> some diagnostics and you haven't shared them with us so I suspect
>> you won't be interpreting them correctly or as completely as they may
>> permit.
>>
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Robert
>> ---
>>
>>
>>>
>>> Don
>>>
>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes, I can access http://bmwfans.info but if I try to access it via its
>>>> Lithuanian IP (http://89.149.235.247/) , I get a HTTP 400 "webpage
>>>> cannot be found" error.
>>>>
>>>> Did you recently install WinXP SP3? If so, were AVG and ZA running in
>>>> the
>>>> background when you installed SP3?
>>>>
>>>> If you disable ZA and enable the Windows Firewall, does the behavior
>>>> persist?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Don Hardie wrote:
>>>>> No wireless connection, just a straight connection from a Netcom Modem
>>>>> to an
>>>>> ASUS PC. I am running Free Zone Alarm, AVG Antivirus Free and Spyware
>>>>> blaster which were running when SP 3 was originally installed I have
>>>>> recently done a re-installation of XP using a copy of XP slipstreamed
>>>>> with SP3. No Norton or McAfee applications have been installed.
>>>>> Windowsupdate is
>>>>> turned on and I have tried kb956169 fixes.
>>>>> This has only happened since last week when I first tried to open it
>>>>> and
>>>>> only on this web site.
>>>>> Can you open - http://bmwfans.info/ ?
>>>>>
>>>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>>>>>> If you're connecting wirelessly or via a router, does the behavior
>>>>>> persist
>>>>>> when you connect directly to the modem?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If it's a laptop, can you access the site at your SIL's house?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have you tried every single Resolution method in
>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is
>>>>>> your
>>>>>> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
>>>>>> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
>>>>>> applications running in the background when you installed SP3?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
>>>>>> bought
>>>>>> it)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is Automatic Updates enabled and can you reach & use
>>>>>> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com?
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
>>>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
>>>>>> www.banthecheck.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Don Hardie wrote:
>>>>>>> Don
>>>>>>> I did every thing you said and still no luck. I installed and tried
>>>>>>> Firefox
>>>>>>> and it gave a similar message.
>>>>>>> Lucky I don't own a BMW, when the son in law wants any help he'll
>>>>>>> have
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> send me the relevant pages out of the workshop manual that he can
>>>>>>> access on
>>>>>>> the bmwfriends.info site.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Don Varnau" wrote:
>>>>>>>> 1. Try clearing the Temporary Internet Files, History and Cookies.
>>>>>>>> .
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2. Try clearing the DNS Cache
>>>>>>>> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
>>>>>>>> ipconfig /flushdns
>>>>>>>> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 3. Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem,
>>>>>>>> router, computers.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> See if the site is in the HOSTS file.
>>>>>>>> To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
>>>>>>>> Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
>>>>>>>> not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a
>>>>>>>> HOSTS file
>>>>>>>> at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with
>>>>>>>> notepad. If
>>>>>>>> there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign
>>>>>>>> (#)
>>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>>> front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename
>>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>>> HOSTS
>>>>>>>> file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Additional info on the HOSTS file at:
>>>>>>>> The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio):
>>>>>>>> http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a
>>>>>>>> Hosts File: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 4. Additional possibilities at:
>>>>>>>> 956196- You receive an error message- Internet Explorer cannot
>>>>>>>> display the
>>>>>>>> webpage:
>>>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196
>>>>>>>> -
>>>>>>>> Hope this helps,
>>>>>>>> Don
>>>>>>>> [MS MVP- IE]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:6400A73D-E28E-4DF1-A2DE-FA69EFBEB2E2@microsoft.com...
>>>>>>>>> Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp
>>>>>>>>> Service pack 3
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
>>>>>>>>>> I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
>>>>>>>>>> I have reset the web settings with no success.
>>>>>>>>>> Is there anything else I can try?

PA Bear

When I upgraded to IE7 I exited both AVG and ZA and relied on Windows
Firewall.

Don

"PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:

> Upgrading to IE7 when IE6 wasn't working was not a wise idea, Don,
> especially since AVG and ZA were running in the background when you
> installed SP3.
>
> Were AVG and ZA running in the background when you installed IE7, too?
>
>
> Don Hardie wrote:
> > Robert
> >
> > They got me to change the DNS back to theirs and I updated to IE 7, but
> > still no luck.
> >
> > "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:6A9AC92F-82A7-4A09-9F8F-A82A743CD061@microsoft.com...
> >>> Robert and PA Bear
> >>>
> >>> I have tried all your suggestions I was game to, as I know enough just
> >>> to
> >>> get me into trouble and don't want to make any other problems.
> >>
> >>> I finally got a reply from my ISP with similar fixes and I did all I was
> >>> happy to try. They can access the site so it's not an ISP problem.
> >>> It is still only this web site I can't access.
> >>
> >>
> >> Really? Did they ask you what your DNS addresses were?
> >> If not they can't know what you are looking at and therefore
> >> their comparisons may be irrelevant.
> >>
> >>
> >>> Thanks for all your help, but I think I will give up.
> >>
> >>
> >> Why not show us what you are seeing? What I suggested was getting
> >> some diagnostics and you haven't shared them with us so I suspect
> >> you won't be interpreting them correctly or as completely as they may
> >> permit.
> >>
> >>
> >> HTH
> >>
> >> Robert
> >> ---
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Don
> >>>
> >>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Yes, I can access http://bmwfans.info but if I try to access it via its
> >>>> Lithuanian IP (http://89.149.235.247/) , I get a HTTP 400 "webpage
> >>>> cannot be found" error.
> >>>>
> >>>> Did you recently install WinXP SP3? If so, were AVG and ZA running in
> >>>> the
> >>>> background when you installed SP3?
> >>>>
> >>>> If you disable ZA and enable the Windows Firewall, does the behavior
> >>>> persist?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Don Hardie wrote:
> >>>>> No wireless connection, just a straight connection from a Netcom Modem
> >>>>> to an
> >>>>> ASUS PC. I am running Free Zone Alarm, AVG Antivirus Free and Spyware
> >>>>> blaster which were running when SP 3 was originally installed I have
> >>>>> recently done a re-installation of XP using a copy of XP slipstreamed
> >>>>> with SP3. No Norton or McAfee applications have been installed.
> >>>>> Windowsupdate is
> >>>>> turned on and I have tried kb956169 fixes.
> >>>>> This has only happened since last week when I first tried to open it
> >>>>> and
> >>>>> only on this web site.
> >>>>> Can you open - http://bmwfans.info/ ?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
> >>>>>> If you're connecting wirelessly or via a router, does the behavior
> >>>>>> persist
> >>>>>> when you connect directly to the modem?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> If it's a laptop, can you access the site at your SIL's house?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Have you tried every single Resolution method in
> >>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> What anti-virus application or security suite is installed and is
> >>>>>> your
> >>>>>> subscription current? What anti-spyware applications (other than
> >>>>>> Defender)? What third-party firewall (if any)? Were any of these
> >>>>>> applications running in the background when you installed SP3?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Has a(another) Norton or McAfee application ever been installed on
> >>>>>> this
> >>>>>> machine (e.g., a free-trial version that came preinstalled when you
> >>>>>> bought
> >>>>>> it)?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Is Automatic Updates enabled and can you reach & use
> >>>>>> http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com?
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
> >>>>>> MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Client - since 2002
> >>>>>> www.banthecheck.com
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Don Hardie wrote:
> >>>>>>> Don
> >>>>>>> I did every thing you said and still no luck. I installed and tried
> >>>>>>> Firefox
> >>>>>>> and it gave a similar message.
> >>>>>>> Lucky I don't own a BMW, when the son in law wants any help he'll
> >>>>>>> have
> >>>>>>> to
> >>>>>>> send me the relevant pages out of the workshop manual that he can
> >>>>>>> access on
> >>>>>>> the bmwfriends.info site.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> "Don Varnau" wrote:
> >>>>>>>> 1. Try clearing the Temporary Internet Files, History and Cookies.
> >>>>>>>> .
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 2. Try clearing the DNS Cache
> >>>>>>>> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
> >>>>>>>> ipconfig /flushdns
> >>>>>>>> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 3. Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem,
> >>>>>>>> router, computers.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> See if the site is in the HOSTS file.
> >>>>>>>> To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
> >>>>>>>> Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
> >>>>>>>> not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a
> >>>>>>>> HOSTS file
> >>>>>>>> at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with
> >>>>>>>> notepad. If
> >>>>>>>> there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign
> >>>>>>>> (#)
> >>>>>>>> in
> >>>>>>>> front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename
> >>>>>>>> the
> >>>>>>>> HOSTS
> >>>>>>>> file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> Additional info on the HOSTS file at:
> >>>>>>>> The Hosts File (Gorilla Design Studio):
> >>>>>>>> http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/ Blocking Unwanted Parasites with a
> >>>>>>>> Hosts File: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> 4. Additional possibilities at:
> >>>>>>>> 956196- You receive an error message- Internet Explorer cannot
> >>>>>>>> display the
> >>>>>>>> webpage:
> >>>>>>>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956196
> >>>>>>>> -
> >>>>>>>> Hope this helps,
> >>>>>>>> Don
> >>>>>>>> [MS MVP- IE]
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> "Don Hardie" <DonHardie@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >>>>>>>> news:6400A73D-E28E-4DF1-A2DE-FA69EFBEB2E2@microsoft.com...
> >>>>>>>>> Sorry I forgot to give the version - IEVer6 and am running Xp
> >>>>>>>>> Service pack 3
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>> When I try to access - http://bmwfans.info/
> >>>>>>>>>> I get the Cannot find server page, all my friends can open it.
> >>>>>>>>>> I have reset the web settings with no success.
> >>>>>>>>>> Is there anything else I can try?
>
>

Attaboy!

Thread history:
http://groups.google.com/group/micro...58ac59a7fd91f/

1. Does the behavior persist if you start IE7 in No Add-ons mode? To start
IE in No Add-ons mode:

=> Right-click on the blue IE desktop icon and select Start without
Add-ons; or

=> Start | (All) Programs | Accessories | System Tools | Internet
Explorer (No add-ons).

Troubleshooting and Internet Explorer’s (No Add-ons) Mode:
http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2006/07/25/678113.aspx

2. Does the behavior persist if you Reset IE7 Advanced settings (RIES)?
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923737 <= Read before using!


Don Hardie wrote:
> When I upgraded to IE7 I exited both AVG and ZA and relied on Windows
> Firewall.
>
> "PA Bear [MS MVP]" wrote:
>> Upgrading to IE7 when IE6 wasn't working was not a wise idea, Don,
>> especially since AVG and ZA were running in the background when you
>> installed SP3.
>>
>> Were AVG and ZA running in the background when you installed IE7, too?
>>
>> Don Hardie wrote:
>>> They got me to change the DNS back to theirs and I updated to IE 7, but
>>> still no luck.
<snip>