[samdi54]

my wife has a website. somehow she has instructed our computer to block it. she needs to work on the site, so can't use one of those alternative sites to get around site blocking. We have IE and Firefox and the site has been available on both browsers since it was built (2 months). we have Free AVG for security.

Sam

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by samdi54

my wife has a website. somehow she has instructed our computer to block it. she needs to work on the site, so can't use one of those alternative sites to get around site blocking. We have IE and Firefox and the site has been available on both browsers since it was built (2 months). we have Free AVG for security.

Sam

Check your firewall.
Look for sites that are blocked and remove the one you want from the list.

[samdi54]

Tried it. I don't have firewall that I know of. I have AVG Free version which only has virus control.

[RootbeaR]

Originally Posted by samdi54

Tried it. I don't have firewall that I know of. I have AVG Free version which only has virus control.

Do you have a router?
Are there other sites you can't access but should be able to?

[Lignify]

Well, I can access it nicely. What OS do you use anyway? How do you connect thru Internet? Using proxy or direct connection? Try to reset internet options on the control panel to default setting?

[JVM]

Could just be a DNS issue with your ISP. I recommend using OpenDNS, and see if it makes a difference.

If that doesn't work, something in your network stack might be hosed. To fix this do the following:

1. Click Start, then RUN
2. Type "CMD" (no quotes) and press Enter, and subsequently Enter after all the commands below, too.
3. Type (no quotes) "netsh int ip reset all c:/ipreset.log"
4. Type (no quotes) "netsh winsock reset catalog all"
5. Type (no quotes) "ipconfig /flushdns"
6. Type (no quotes) "ipconfig /release"
7. Type (no quotes) "ipconfig /renew"
8. Type (no quotes) "exit"

Restart the computer and try again.

[samdi54]

Well I tried both those options, but with no luck.

Thanks for your ideas though.

Sam

[samdi54]

Yeah I tried that too. Thanks

Sam

[samdi54]

I'm using XP.

[samdi54]

Do you think I could have a firewall and not know about it?

[samdi54]

I'd like to thank you all for your ideas. As it turns out the "webmaster" changed the server on which they received their email and our computer was the first of many to not be able to access the site. You're probably all saying, "Why didn't he ask the webmaster first?" Well I did and I kept asking him, but his standard reply was "I have no idea. Did you try.....?" Anyway all is well.

Thanks, Sam