Recent content by lio

98 2nd got rid of the bugs in 98. Sure it is better, but there will no or little support for W98 or W98 2nd ed. very long as I understand it. :( I might be wrong, but that is why i upgraded to XP and it's problems...well, one reason. :) also upgraded computer :)

I don't wish to give the websites as 2 of them are private domains. But I had no trouble accessing them prior to late Oct/03 and are available on other computers with the same OS. Microsoft has replied with a charming "thanks, but no thanks" reply. I have a bug somewhere in my system...I...

Seems only to affect certain websites. As I stated initially, for me, it is 3 websites that are affected. Why??? Dunno.... again, thanks to all, lio

I found the problem: not a HOSTS file. It's a bug in Windows XP and with IE SP1 in certain circumstances. The reference: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823837&Product=ie600#appliesto "If the following conditions are true, Microsoft Internet Explorer may stop...

TCP/IP settings, connections all okay. Can ping remote addresses of web sites I'm trying to reach. Seems to be an internal Windows prob. that I have to solve. May be a bug in XP, but thanks all.

I used to be on this site when it had another name...went searching for it again...I'm happy I did. :) I need tech help occaisonally and like to read updates and info...but don't have a lot of time to (or enough spare time to) do so, that is why I like this forum. So y'all hear me now? Just...

cable modem.....rogers. short cable and direct : short = 20 feet have unplugged modem, plugged back in. Have checked all connections. I do not believe it is a hardware prob. because so far only 3 web sites are affected. That is one reason I went over my port settings and firewall settings...

Hi all, I'm back again. Have developped a recent (one week) problem with IE 6 where the occaisonal web page just does not come up when I click on it's URL. It has worked fine in the past, but just suddenly this problem developped. Web pages, such as one for the municipal elections and even ctv...