Firefox won't open but Explorer WILL...why?

When I open Firefox, I get an error page that says:
Server not found

Firefox can't find the server at www.windowsbbs.com.


* Check the address for typing errors such as
ww.example.com instead of
www.example.com

* If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network
connection.

* If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure
that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

This same message appears with ANY webpage I attempt to load. But Internet Explorer is working fine. I called my ISP, and they suggested uninstalling Firefox & reinstalling, which I did, but no luck. I even turned off my firewall, but it didn't help either.

Can anyone help?

 

Welcome to the Forum, rdpega!

rdpega,

WindowsBBS does have a new server, however, you should be able to log in by using this link: http://www.windowsbbs.com/index.php

Or to access this Forum, use this link: http://www.windowsbbs.com/forumdisplay.php?f=5

If neither of the above links work, let us know...

 

Can you help me with my question, Ramona?

Thank you for the welcome! Do you have any suggestions for my question?

 

rdpega,

Did either of the links work for you? If not, then try adding this information to your hosts file:

67.228.10.245 windowsbbs.com
67.228.10.245 www.windowsbbs.com

Windows XP hosts file is located here: C:\WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc

Add the above, following this line: 127.0.0.1 localhost

 

Check settings in ....
Preferences | Advance | Network | Settings
Select Direct Connection to the Internet.
"OK" all the screens. Close / reload Firefox.

 

Thanks Dennis! I was asleep at the wheel first time around, and was concentrating on the: Firefox can't find the server at www.windowsbbs.com.

 

Not a problem Ramona.
Let's hope rdpega posts back letting us know if suggestion works.

 

rdpega,

If you have checked the setting that Dennis L suggested, and it is correct, then please refer to this KB Article to troubleshoot Firefox: Only Mozilla applications are having problems loading websites

Please let us know if any of the above suggestions helped.

 

firewalls

i am a regular reader of the forums at mozillazine. whenever this problem of IE works and firefox does not, it is almost always a problem with the firewall. you say you turned off your firewall, but that may just shut down the user interface, the firewall is in fact still running. see:
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Firewalls
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=2295421#2295421