help, website settings...

[ianm2]

I can't get this site to work from my pc, I have messed around with security settings, and all that, yet it works from my works pc, albeit slowly...

any ideas? thanks

http://www.motherboards.org/ranking/...oard-rank.html

[madmat]

Odd, works from here like a charm. Try flushing your DNS cache. Run -> CMD-> ipconfig /flushdns.

[ianm2]

hmm, thanks matt,

tried that, still no joy...I had it working b4, no idea what's happened, all my settings seem the same...

[madmat]

What browser?

[ianm2]

using both ie6 and firefox, both can't find it.

strange eh?

[mp666]

Without knowing what security products and what OS it's rather difficult to guess. Did you look at your hosts file ?

[ianm2]

win xp media centre 32 bit, similar to pro.

still can't get it to work, turned off the firewall and then back on. its defo. some settings, I am sure, if others can get it to work. Its all pretty much default settings, so no idea where to look or what could be wrong. I even allowed all cookies, etc.

If its any clue, I click on the link above, and it doesn't come up in the explorer bar.

[mp666]

win xp media centre 32 bit, similar to pro.

I know XP MCE.

still can't get it to work, turned off the firewall and then back on. its defo. some settings, I am sure, if others can get it to work. Its all pretty much default settings, so no idea where to look or what could be wrong. I even allowed all cookies, etc.

And the HOSTS file ? You should find it in Windows/system32/drivers/etc folder. You can open it with notepad (note if there is a hosts.sam it is not the one you're looking for, it will be the one without any extension). Go to command line and ping :
ping www.motherboards.org
Note the IP address.

If its any clue, I click on the link above, and it doesn't come up in the explorer bar.

What happens if you manually type it ?
What happens if you click it on the link below ?
http://64.182.113.168

[ianm2]

nope, not if I manually type, nor the numbers, in both IE and firefox, still doesn't want to work

found the hosts file, but not quite sure what you mean by ping it.

[mp666]

not ping the hosts file.
Start the command prompt (start--->type cmd hit enter
Then type
ping www.motherboards.org
hit enter
Look at the IP address in the command window.