internet explorer cannot open SOME internet sites

[l ernst]

daughter returned from college
is having trouble - cannot open SOME internet websites
from laptop at home -
is able to open others - so her access to our broadband
cable is good -
sites can be opened from other computer in house - she
just gets "page cannot be displayed" errors

[Steve Winograd [MVP]]

In article >, "l ernst"
> wrote:
>daughter returned from college
>is having trouble - cannot open SOME internet websites
>from laptop at home -
>is able to open others - so her access to our broadband
>cable is good -
>sites can be opened from other computer in house - she
>just gets "page cannot be displayed" errors

The problem could be caused by bad entries in the Hosts file. To edit
the file, enter this command in the Start | Run box, making sure to
include the "." at the end of the command:

If you have Windows 2000/XP:
notepad C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\Etc\Hosts.

If you have Windows 95/98/Me:
notepad C:\Windows\Hosts.

If you find lines with the names of the sites that you can't access,
delete those lines, save the file, and try again.
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Steve Winograd, MS-MVP (Windows Networking)

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