IE 6 will not open specific site all of the sudden

I was not able to find this in search so here goes. All of the sudden my IE will not open any ezboard.com related site or fourm. I belong to may fourms and now cant use them. All other sites work fine????? I have run virus scan and pest patrol also emptied cookies and temps and even did a restore to a date when it was working. Any ideas....Thank...Mike

 

If you are running 2K/XP/2K3, try clicking on start, on run, keying in

Code:

ipconfig /flushdns

and clicking OK.

If that doesn't help or if you are running an older OS version, take a look in your hosts file for any entries containing ezboard.com. A critter may have caused them to be mis-directed. Easy to find out by simply putting # at the beginning of each line with an ezboard entry which will turn the line into an inactive comment then saving the file and closing it.

 

Im sorry if I did not include enough info. I am running XP/Pro with IE6 I have Norton antivirus and Pest Patrol(both up to date). I tried the config thing and no change. How do I find my Host file and I will try and do as you said but I am a little unsure of myself.

 

hosts file - assuming you have a normal XP install on C:\ will be in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc and you want the one that has no extension. It's a simple text file so notepad is great for opening and editing it.

Probably your best bet at this point is to open the file (if you have one - many PCs do not and it is not a problem), copy the contents, and paste it here. Easy then to walk you through any specific edits that need doing.

 

It is also worth a shot to just rename it to HOSTS.OLD and operate without it unless you happen to know of some specific program you have added that uses it.

It's a dinasaur left over from the creation of the Internet when automatic DNS wasn't invented yet and has little value now.

Reference

 

Ok if I did it right here is the contents.....

# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

 

I don't see any problem there. You trouble must be elsewhere. The 127.0.0.1 is you of course. That's an empty file essentially.

 

Sure is confusing I can go to any site in the world as long as it does not have ezboard as part of the name......

 

http://www.ezboard.com/ works for me, how 'bout you?

 

It could be an Internet problem. Routing problem do happen from time to time and can affect some sites and not others.

It happened to me a while back. I couldn't raise zdnet stateside on my cable hookup but could get the UK site just fine. My sons computer was running dial up and Net Zero, he could get both sites just fine. I complained and my ISP gave me the "it's an Internet routing problem" story and sure enough, it went away in a couple of days.

If you're using dial up, try an alternate number if you have one.

 

No it dont work for me. It takes a long time trying to load and then all I get is "page can not be displayed "

 

It has been over a week now. I can get to the fourm site from many other computers some with comcast as I. Mike

 

I would be happy to call anyone that might think they can help guid me through somehow...Mike

 

Found this:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=812336

 

and this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;241344&sd=tech

 

Looked like you ahd it. But I believe that they are refering to getting that message all the time and not just with one site? What do you think...Mike

 

In your address bar, type the following line or just try clicking on the link.

http://209.66.118.18

It should take you to ezboard.com. Can you get there using it?

 

No that link and typeing it is the same as all other tries at getting there?????Oh my god this is a nightmare. I thank you guys for all trying to help. It must be a puzzel to us all.....Mike in MI.

 

That pretty well takes DNS resolution out of the equation. We've eliminated the HOSTS file. Not much easy pickin's left. We can still hope for the routing problem and a self heal.

 

Ok but if it is a routing problem then whay can I get it from my work puter who has the same ISP as I ...We are both comcast.net