I Cannot Access Certain Websites!

#1 trainer73096

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 05:48 PM

I am at my wits end. I have a desktop computer. I have a single ethernet modem that is hooked directly to my computer. I am running windows XP. For some unknown reason I am unable to access these sites: www.bok.com and us.army.mil. I have tried 4 different browsers(IE,Firefox,Opera, and Google Chrome) and it will not find those sites. I have even tried to ping the websites and they come back unfound. I have several computer friends and we have tried 1000 things and none work. I would LOVE it if ANYONE can help me figure out what is wrong. I leave for the Army in March and really need to be able to access my email. Thank you so much!

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 05:55 PM

trainer73096, on 27 January 2012 - 05:48 PM, said:

I can access bok but not the us army thing. (army.mil works however) Tried Google DNS? That works quite a bit in cases like these.

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#3 trainer73096

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 06:05 PM

trainer73096, on 27 January 2012 - 05:48 PM, said:

I have not tried that but being such a novice I dont know if I am brave enough to be changing my ip address.

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Posted 27 January 2012 - 06:33 PM

trainer73096, on 27 January 2012 - 06:05 PM, said:

trainer73096, on 27 January 2012 - 05:48 PM, said:

I have not tried that but being such a novice I dont know if I am brave enough to be changing my ip address.

Not your IP address, your DNS server. It's not that hard to do. I have a few tutorial videos on youtube, so I just made one on this and uploaded it.

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Posted 28 January 2012 - 09:52 AM

@trainer73096

When This Happens, Do Not Forget To Try The Websites With And Without 'WWW.'.

A - I Can Access BANK OF OKLAHOMA With CHROME.

B - I Added 'WWW.' To The Army Site And It Has Some Kind Of Certificate Problem - I Gave Up On CHROME, But Could Go Around It And Did Access It In FF.

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#6 xiaokaige

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Posted 17 February 2012 - 07:53 PM

May be there are some problem in the hosting of the website. Nothing to do with your computer.

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Posted 06 April 2012 - 02:55 AM

I think the second website is not accessible because its a military site and you can't access defense websites. The first website offers what? I mean what is all about?