Hyperlink is taking me to the wrong spot

[jeridbohmann]

I will sum this up the best I can. We have a intranet site. On this site we
post reports of all nature. Our accounts payable person posted a month end
report and emailed everyone two links. A link for internal personel and one
for external. Internal is for example: https://pcname/reports/january/1234.pdf
External is for example: https://vpn.company.net:4444/reports/january/1234.pdf
It works just dandy for everyone except one user. This user is internal. He
can access the external link (everyone internal can as well), but his
internal will pop up saying page can not be found. So I went on his PC and
typed in https://pcname/ and he could see the folder system fine. As soon as
I clicked the reports folder it changed to
https://vpn.company.net:4444/reports. I would assume it was a intranet site
issue however it only happens with him. He is running Win XP SP2 and Office
2003 Pro. I tried deleting temp internet files and history and he has the
same issue. He says he has not installed anything recently or made any
changes. I guess this has been an issue for awhile, but hasn't brought it to
my attention until now. Help please! I searched everywhere on the web and
can't find a similiar problem!

[jeridbohmann]

I am not sure what you mean by that. How do I check your suggestion?

"CWatters" wrote:

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> "jeridbohmann" > wrote in message
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> Has he got anything set up in a hosts file perhaps?
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[CWatters]

"jeridbohmann" > wrote in message
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> I am not sure what you mean by that. How do I check your suggestion?

hosts files can be used to map or redirect an URL to a specific IP address.

See what's in this file if it exists (it may be hidden)...

c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

It's a text file so use notepad to open it...

If it exists and there is anything in it I recommend backing it up before
changing anything.

More background info here ....
http://accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html

[jeridbohmann]

This is what I got (it's the same on a few of the machines I checked that can
open it okay). Looks normal to me.

# 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


"CWatters" wrote:

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> "jeridbohmann" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I am not sure what you mean by that. How do I check your suggestion?
>
> hosts files can be used to map or redirect an URL to a specific IP address.
>
> See what's in this file if it exists (it may be hidden)...
>
> c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
>
> It's a text file so use notepad to open it...
>
> If it exists and there is anything in it I recommend backing it up before
> changing anything.
>
> More background info here ....
> http://accs-net.com/hosts/what_is_hosts.html
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>

[jeridbohmann]

Any other suggestions? I am about to give up.