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David - 21 Jun 2008 14:06 GMT

XP Home (SP3) and IE 7 - all totally up to date

I cannot get to www.morethan.com ("Internet Explorer cannot display the
webpage" error). Every other site I visit is fine and I can access
www.morethan.com on my wife's laptop.

Any suggestions please?

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Leonard Grey - 21 Jun 2008 15:05 GMT

"Error message in Internet Explorer 7: Internet Explorer cannot display
the webpage"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926431
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> XP Home (SP3) and IE 7 - all totally up to date
>
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> Any suggestions please?

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David - 21 Jun 2008 18:19 GMT

Thanks for the link. Unfortunately, after trying all of these, I am still
unable to access this particular site.

Any other ideas will be gratefully received, thanks.

> "Error message in Internet Explorer 7: Internet Explorer cannot display
> the webpage"
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> > Any suggestions please?

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Robert Aldwinckle - 21 Jun 2008 22:56 GMT

> XP Home (SP3) and IE 7 - all totally up to date

> I cannot get to www.morethan.com ("Internet Explorer cannot display the
> webpage" error).

That particular host name is an alias for its domain name:

<nslookup>
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: morethan.com
Address: 129.35.80.28
Aliases: www.morethan.com
</nslookup>

Therefore, try starting your request with:

http://morethan.com/

That would get that lookup cached and then allow the lookup
of its alias to be cached too.

BTW there are other problems with that site but nothing which
should prevent you from at seeing that you have connectivity
with it.

Otherwise another thing you could try is just requesting
a single graphic from the site:

http://www.morethan.com/Theme/MoreThan/Images/homeBarCar.gif

> Every other site I visit is fine and I can access
> www.morethan.com on my wife's laptop.
>
> Any suggestions please?

HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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Frank Saunders MS-MVP IE,OE/WM - 22 Jun 2008 03:11 GMT

> XP Home (SP3) and IE 7 - all totally up to date
>
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> Any suggestions please?

Check C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc for a file named HOSTS with no
extension. (Not Hosts.sam)
Make sure Windows is set to show hidden files and folders and is NOT set to
hide extensions for known file types.
If HOSTS exists, rename it to HOSTS.OLD
Reboot an try again.

Or, In a Cmd window, enter
ipconfig /flushdns
then clear your TIF also, and re-boot.

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David - 22 Jun 2008 09:23 GMT

Thanks for all the suggestions. Unfortunately none of these solved my problem
but I have now resolved it by using openDNS (www.opendns.com).

> > XP Home (SP3) and IE 7 - all totally up to date
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> ipconfig /flushdns
> then clear your TIF also, and re-boot.

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