Blocked website

"Paul Montgomery" <nonnymoose RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:12:44 -0400, "Dave R." <dwragle (at) drbsystems
> (dot) com> wrote:
>
>>And before Paul Montgomery replies to this response with the same "So
>>can the OP using two other computers on the network. He wants to know
>>why HIS computer can't.", yes, I know. But the implication from the OP
>>is that it may be somehow related to Vista SP1, so this post is only
>>intended to indicate that it doesn't appear to be Vista SP1's fault.
>
> Here's his statement:
>
> "I am unable to access www.equifax.com using my Vista Ultimate SP1
> system."
>
> That is the ONLY mention he made of SP1 and is a normally expected
> inclusion when describing the system having a problem.
>
> It in no way - except in your wild imagination - implies that SP1 is part
> of the problem.

To clarify: This problem is unique to the one system. My other system, that
is also running SP1 does not have the problem.

"Rich" <rg_bell.TakeThisOut@nvbell.net> wrote in message
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> I am unable to access www.equifax.com using my Vista Ultimate SP1 system.
> Both IE7 and Firefox are unable to connect. I am running Norton Internet
> Security 2008. No other sites I have tried to access are blocked. I have
> checked for restricted sites in IE settings and have disabled all NIS
> protection. Parental controls are not turned on. I am able to access the
> site using two other systems on my network that are running XP SP2 with
> NIS 2008. Any ideas what is blocking this site?

I just fixed this problem. Since it appeared to be a proxy related issue I
took a look at the netsh command.
(remember - The internet options app showed that no proxy server was
defined.)

1. Start a command prompt running with administrator privileges.
2. type netsh
3. type winhttp
4. type reset proxy
5. type exit
6. close the command window.

Apparently something was corrupt but who knows what it was!

Darn! I was really hoping your solution worked for me but no luck. I am
still unable to access (times out) www.equifax.com. Every other site that I
try works as expected.
(Vista SP1 desktop fails: XP SP3 laptop works fine both through same
router).

Michael


"Rich" <rg_bell.DeleteThis@nvbell.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Rich" <rg_bell.DeleteThis@nvbell.net> wrote in message
> news:6352B3F4-4335-4832-A2C6-111A347CC750@microsoft.com...
>> I am unable to access www.equifax.com using my Vista Ultimate SP1 system.
>> Both IE7 and Firefox are unable to connect. I am running Norton Internet
>> Security 2008. No other sites I have tried to access are blocked. I have
>> checked for restricted sites in IE settings and have disabled all NIS
>> protection. Parental controls are not turned on. I am able to access the
>> site using two other systems on my network that are running XP SP2 with
>> NIS 2008. Any ideas what is blocking this site?
>
> I just fixed this problem. Since it appeared to be a proxy related issue I
> took a look at the netsh command.
> (remember - The internet options app showed that no proxy server was
> defined.)
>
> 1. Start a command prompt running with administrator privileges.
> 2. type netsh
> 3. type winhttp
> 4. type reset proxy
> 5. type exit
> 6. close the command window.
>
> Apparently something was corrupt but who knows what it was!

"Michael Walraven" <mexxwalraven RemoveThis @verizon.not> wrote in message
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> Darn! I was really hoping your solution worked for me but no luck. I am
> still unable to access (times out) www.equifax.com. Every other site that
> I try works as expected.
> (Vista SP1 desktop fails: XP SP3 laptop works fine both through same
> router).
>
> Michael

Are you able to access the site using www.unblockerpage.com ?

Yes I can. From which I deduce that it is not the 'content' of the site that
is causing the problem.

The error is
Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage, this after a time out of
several seconds.

Michael

"Rich" <rg_bell.TakeThisOut@nvbell.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Michael Walraven" <mexxwalraven.TakeThisOut@verizon.not> wrote in message
> news:85E60186-9C0F-41A9-9947-0305CD8B4A76@microsoft.com...
>> Darn! I was really hoping your solution worked for me but no luck. I am
>> still unable to access (times out) www.equifax.com. Every other site that
>> I try works as expected.
>> (Vista SP1 desktop fails: XP SP3 laptop works fine both through same
>> router).
>>
>> Michael
>
> Are you able to access the site using www.unblockerpage.com ?
>
>

"Michael Walraven" <mexxwalraven DeleteThis @verizon.not> wrote in message
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> Yes I can. From which I deduce that it is not the 'content' of the site
> that is causing the problem.
>
> The error is
> Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage, this after a time out of
> several seconds.
>
> Michael

Try running: ipconfig /flushdns from an admin command prompt.

Rich,
No-go for me, still same symptom. I have also been in the netsh command
area - resetting everything that has that as a option. As you observed it
seems like a 'proxy' is in there somewhere.

Michael
"Rich" <rg_bell RemoveThis @nvbell.net> wrote in message
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>
>
> "Michael Walraven" <mexxwalraven RemoveThis @verizon.not> wrote in message
> news:7F2381B6-316C-4EB3-B937-89F6E3321C4E@microsoft.com...
>> Yes I can. From which I deduce that it is not the 'content' of the site
>> that is causing the problem.
>>
>> The error is
>> Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage, this after a time out of
>> several seconds.
>>
>> Michael
>
> Try running: ipconfig /flushdns from an admin command prompt.

Michael Walraven wrote:
> Rich,
> No-go for me, still same symptom. I have also been in the netsh command
> area - resetting everything that has that as a option. As you observed
> it seems like a 'proxy' is in there somewhere.
>
> Michael
> "Rich" <rg_bell.DeleteThis@nvbell.net> wrote in message
> news:2E97C36D-93F5-4201-89FD-A80F311112E5@microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>> "Michael Walraven" <mexxwalraven.DeleteThis@verizon.not> wrote in message
>> news:7F2381B6-316C-4EB3-B937-89F6E3321C4E@microsoft.com...
>>> Yes I can. From which I deduce that it is not the 'content' of the
>>> site that is causing the problem.
>>>
>>> The error is
>>> Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage, this after a time out
>>> of several seconds.
>>>
>>> Michael
>>
>> Try running: ipconfig /flushdns from an admin command prompt.
>


Does http://216.46.96.115 work?

Not sure but maybe - if it does than it's a DNS issue and IE is not
getting that address - if it does not them something is blocking the
reply from their server.