[OT] Technical problem (Resolved)

[Slynky]

There must be something weird at your PC. You are also the only one posting problems about seeing some images I posted that are linked from the Ratings site...yet you can see that site.

Not that it helps, but I can get to the Tesco site without problems.

[Alneyan]

There is Slynky, although someone else had a problem I think with your images. (Granted, that only makes two of us, against many others) Now I am truly puzzled when two sites, which were working yesterday, are almost dead ten hours later. (I can still ping them, and they are found, but that's all)

To add to the fun, both are working perfectly fine on the other computer, with the same broswers and the same provider. The only difference is linked to my shared connection, but it has been working without a glitch for two years. Rebooting has not helped in the least, and I frankly don't see what is wrong. I gather there is only one solution left: does anyone know of a good Dispel Enchantment spell? (The format summon might prove to be successful, but it may be a bit too extreme)

[Captain Kwok]

I'm having no problems navigating to Tesco's site either...

[Fyron]

Can you ping the site (using "ping tescosamoa.com" from the MS DOS command prompt (run > cmd))? Have you tried clearing the browser Cache? Do you have any anti-adware programs or anything of that nature running? If so, try disabling them and see if maybe they decided that Tesco was an ad server.

[Alneyan]

It is back Online (in the altered reality where I am living), as unexpectedly as it went down.

As for your suggestions Fyron, I tried what you proposed, to no avail. Ping was working fine, and the IP was recognized by my broswers. So truly, I don't have the slightest idea about the reason for this problem. It was not due to my provider, as the other computer was not experiencing any trouble, it wasn't due to the site itself, and my broswer wasn't responsible either. *Grumbling*

[Atrocities]

I have had issues getting into it and SE.net before as well. It is as if my subnet or whatever was blocked. The issue usually resolves itself within a few hours or a day.

[Alneyan]

Is it the same symptom? The site still appears as being alive, but it doesn't actually transfer anything. I had something similiar with SE.net, but the site could not be found there. It surged back a little while ago for me, after a small respite.

[Atrocities]

I simply could not access either site. I think it has to do with sub nets and IP blocks or something like that. I really don't know. The Last time it happened was around the beginning of the month.

I visit SE.net at least once a day, and Tesco's site at least twice a week. So if the problem may or may not be more of an issue.

I simply don't know.

[Alneyan]

It could be the same then. Although why would it work for a computer while it doesn't work for another one with the same broswer, the same computer, at the same moment and in the same location?

Oh well, figuring out *why* it doesn't work is probably nigh impossible. So I will instead trust my luck to avoid these surges of the malevolent fiend, who is lurking inside my computer. (Isn't that the premise of informatics? Erh, perhaps not.)

[Alneyan]

Tescosamoa.com doesn't work for me, while it seems to be working fine on the other computer here. The page is found, but it doesn't load at all. (Only the error 404 works fine. *Sighs*)

I don't believe it is due to the site itself, as I ran into the same problem for the past few hours on another site. Does anyone have the slightest idea on what could prevent me from going to these sites? I have no firewall, tried with Mozilla and the mothballed IE, and the only potential problem would be due to my shared connection, but its configuration seems normal. (That is, XP has not disabled all services for the sake of annoying me) Thanks in advance for your assistance!

[ March 21, 2004, 17:53: Message edited by: Alneyan ]