Can't reach www.classmates.com

[ST4RCUTTER]

This is the wierdest thing. My wife can't get to classmates.com at IP 65.243.133.80 I can ping this IP and even complete a successful tracert. I turned off my software firewall (ZA) and made sure that I had no restricted sites listed in IE security settings. Another computer off the same router can access the website fine which leads me to belive it is a setting on my computer. I just don't know what setting it could be. I will try another web browser like Mozilla and see what happens.

Arg...😕

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

No ideas? 🙁

 

[22Admub]

it might be your hosts file, I forgot where it's located, just search for a file name hosts. take a look in that and delete everything in there, and save it. that will fix it

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

I did a system wide search for hosts.* and did not receive a response. Perhaps it's called something else or is not the problem...thanks for the reply however!

Star,

 

[amdskip]

You could always try a different browser like netscape or opera.

 

[22Admub]

the file is called "hosts", no quotes. there is no extension on it. It's located in c:/windows/system32/driver/etc for winxp, not sure about other versions of windows.

 

[Need4Speed]

Originally posted by: ST4RCUTTER
I did a system wide search for hosts.* and did not receive a response. Perhaps it's called something else or is not the problem...thanks for the reply however!

Star,

make sure you check "advanced options" and select "search system/hidden/subdirs" if youre using xp/2k otherwise it wont find the file

 

[ST4RCUTTER]

I found it and was able to correct the problem. I remember editing this file about a year ago with common sites that offer pop up ads...I just couldn't remember where the heck the dang thing was. Thanks!