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Old 03-06-2008   #5 (permalink)
kingsley.yip


 
 

Re: something preventing me from accessing nbc.com

On Mar 6, 10:56*pm, kingsley....@xxxxxx wrote:
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> On Feb 26, 8:38*pm, moderneni...@xxxxxx wrote:
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> > I have found over the past few days, via 'Yahoo answers' that more and
> > more people are unable to access NBC.com. *It also appears to be just
> > affecting IE.
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> > I have ensured my OneCare anti-virus is up to date, downloaded
> > installed and updated ad-aware, flushed dns, tried different dns
> > servers, cleared all third party addons, tried IE in safe mode (or no
> > addons mode), checked host file, ran system restore..
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> > Going to the IP address for nbc.com (64.210.192.67) comes up with a
> > page that simply says "It works!"
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> > Adding nbc.com to trusted sites makes browser cycle through a site via
> > nbc.starcut.us before 'page can't be displayed'. Starcut.us
> > (214.39.58.204) goes to an Apache test page.
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> > Firefox works fine.. will edit later if I come up with anything else
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> > Any clues?
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> I'm having the exact same problem. *Any help on how to solve this
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After some more googling it seems that this is a problem specific to
tablet pc's. Is this the case for you guys as well?
(ps. I'm running vista and ie7)
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