Blank web pages

[Demon Eyes]

Hi there,

I was to google and 4chan and still no solution to my problem.

So I came here. I hope you can help me.

Okay, here is the gist;

I have been surfing the web the last 6 or so years just fine...

That is, until two days ago...

For some reason, I can't visit some sites that I was frequenting. Other people still get to them but not me. Firefox gives me blank pages and IE cannot display the page

Here is what I tried:

1. Changed profiles in Firefox.
2. Uninstalled, re-installed Firefox.
3. Went from XP to Vista(Yes, installed a new OS too)
4. Followed some steps on adding IP address to some DNS resolv.confi something(Forgot the steps, maybe I did it wrong? Remind me please if you know of this)

After all this, I still can't access them.

Examples of these pages are;

1. www.mediafire.com
2. http://membres.lycos.fr/fanficcafe/ggslash/pairing.html

And many more.

Please help me...

Thank you in advance...

[Potatochobit]

can other people in dublin open these pages? and you reinstalled your OS?

can you open the pages in IE?

reinstall of your OS would erase any conflicts other than your router. try and unplug your router and connect direct to your modem.

other than that, try switching IP address', maybe ur IP is showing up in a ban for some reason. happened to me once.

[Venom XD]

try using internet explore Lol

[NightWish]

Those pages work for me. The sites might be blocking you, though I'll assume not as you've not indicated that you've done anything that would cause them to do so.

If it doesn't work in another browser (which you seem to suggest it doesn't in IE), I suggest you start with some simple diagnostics. Run the command prompt and use the "nslookup" and "ping" commands, with each address that doesn't work; you can post the results here for someone to comment on if you don't know how to interpret them. If you are having DNS or network issues that should help discount the obvious. If you don't know how to use nslookup or ping, read the help pages (linked). There are other tools such as "tracert" and "pathping", try those too if you can (again read the help pages if you don't know the exact command to type).

[Demon Eyes]

Originally Posted by NightWish

Those pages work for me. The sites might be blocking you, though I'll assume not as you've not indicated that you've done anything that would cause them to do so.

If it doesn't work in another browser (which you seem to suggest it doesn't in IE), I suggest you start with some simple diagnostics. Run the command prompt and use the "nslookup" and "ping" commands, with each address that doesn't work; you can post the results here for someone to comment on if you don't know how to interpret them. If you are having DNS or network issues that should help discount the obvious. If you don't know how to use nslookup or ping, read the help pages (linked). There are other tools such as "tracert" and "pathping", try those too if you can (again read the help pages if you don't know the exact command to type).

Erm...Ahem...Hi,

I really tried...but I just can't understand what's on those links.

Anyway at all that you can break it up really...really to the basics?

...

And I did try IE and Opera too but the same thing, to Potatochobit and Venom XD

[grey_moon]

Try running an anti-spyware it could be something trying to redirect all your pages to a nasty process.

*edit*
Wait you went and reinstalled didn't you

[Demon Eyes]

Originally Posted by grey_moon

Try running an anti-spyware it could be something trying to redirect all your pages to a nasty process.

*edit*
Wait you went and reinstalled didn't you

I did...

And the disk was completely formatted so no left over viruses...

[felix]

Just so you know, most browsers don't display errors! When you see warnings like 404 Page Not Found, a access violation... what have you, (even the most crude ones) that's not the browser, it's the server!

Basically what has happened is that next to the error message it sent to the browser it attached a lil' html page for you. No, it's not because the people on the other side are nice to you... it's because there are such things as finite network resource and people refreshing a page every second isn't generally a good thing.

In the case of bans most servers, unless configured or set up otherwise, will probably just send the error to the browser, and no message to you, since "you" being a bad person have no need to be help. That, and sending anything but 1k of "goodbye" header, which should be able to pass through even old modem connection in one go, might help you flood/annoy/etc the server...

You can try calling the server manually to see what response it sends to the browser.
See http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616 for the specifications for the simple old HTTP protocol.

(If the browser stalls presume network problem; either on the way, but in some unlikely scenarios a bug on the server can also cause it)

[Claies]

If it's not the PC, and Demon Eyes can obviously go to Animesuki, then we can put it as either the router, the server, or the ISP. Either one of those might be throttling his IP address for something he didn't do.

I dunno...unplug your router, reset your router, whatever.

[Demon Eyes]

Originally Posted by Claies

If it's not the PC, and Demon Eyes can obviously go to Animesuki, then we can put it as either the router, the server, or the ISP. Either one of those might be throttling his IP address for something he didn't do.

I dunno...unplug your router, reset your router, whatever.

Thank you ^^

I did just those things already but still nothing.

I have decided to give up on those sites..

Boo hoo hoo. No more Gilmore Girls Slash fics for me...