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Originally Posted by mikec
did you check the hosts file?
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The "hosts" files is in the windows directory and is ment to be a local machine listing of Ip address and Names. The "hosts" file only needs one entry for the tipical home user. Business users may have more entries check with your IT person/dept to be sure.
"127.0.0.1 localhost" Without the quotes.
The "hosts" file is in \windows\system32\drivers\etc directory, the file is simply called "hosts", it has no extention. Some viruses, spyware, adware edit the hosts file to make downloading patches to fix the system difficult.
By the way, any line in the "hosts" file that starts with a # is ignored by the OS and will not affect your internet access.