I know this was an old thread, but I am having the same problem this user was having: I can load only sites run by Google. Through many searches, I've found other people who described this same problem dating back three years ago, but though it's an old issue, I can't find any fixes for it. Either the user's post goes unanswered (as the previous one seems to be) or people offer all kinds of things to check and try to no avail.

I have three computers. My newer laptop is running Vista Home Premium 32-bit. My desktop also has VHP32, but is not experiencing this problem. I'm on my old laptop now (XP), which also has no problem. I used my newer laptop last night and everything was fine. The sites I visited were the ones I'm often on. I shut down and went to bed. This morning I discovered I could fully access only Google sites -- I found two other sites (nothing to do with Google) that would load halfway (missing most graphics, functions). All three computers use the same router, a Comcast-issued Netgear.

Anyone know what's going on? I hadn't messed with any settings or anything like that.

check your DNS settings and make sure that they are set to automatic . try to flush the DNS cache by typing ipconfig /flushdns in the command prompt and reboot your computer. Try to goto internet properties and make sure that you are not using any proxy settings. You can try downloading Firefox as a last resort.

I tried flushing dns. Nothing. Everyone else who tried that said it didn't work, either.

People with Firefox have experienced this same thing, so even if I could get to mozilla.com to download it, which I can't , I doubt it would help. This problem is happening with both my browsers: Google Chrome and Internet Explorer.

It's happened to so many people of different circumstances: they have different operating systems, use mac and windows, use various browsers, have different kinds of routers, live in different countries, and on and on. And it seems everyone's tried everything they can think of. They say that they touched nothing - one minute everything's fine, the next, this. It seems no one is immune and everyone is susceptible. I've been through so many help forums (but this is only one I've posted to), and no one has been able to say that they recognize this problem and know how to fix it.

to make sure it is indeed a DNS issue, try typing the following address into your browser:

EDIT --- WHOOPS. TRY CLICKING ON EACH LINK BELOW

1. http:// www.google.com
2. Google
3. Adobe
4. Adobe - Error page

did you get a web page for all numbers? If not, which ones (by number) showed anything?

Finally, open a command prompt

START-->ALL PROGRAMS-->ACCESSORIES-->COMMAND PROMPT

and type:

1. ping msn.com
2. ping 207.68.172.246

Did you get the same response from both? If not, which one worked?

Good luck!

Hi,

Open ur command prompt by typing cmd in run.

In the command prompt type the following

ping 4.2.2.1
ping 4.2.2.2
ping 4.2.2.3

if these ip adresses are pinging the problem is not with ur dns settings.

Let me know the result

its a virus try firefox

I had the same problem. It's your drivers. Install windows xp drivers and your computer will be FINE.

Originally Posted by delphin

Hi,

Open ur command prompt by typing cmd in run.

In the command prompt type the following

ping 4.2.2.1
ping 4.2.2.2
ping 4.2.2.3

if these ip adresses are pinging the problem is not with ur dns settings.

Let me know the result

Worked fine. They took between 30-33ms round trip with 0% loss.