Windows Vista Forum / Vista Technical / Networking & Internet / [SOLVED]Some websites don't work / Latest PostsInstantForum.NET v4.1.4Windows Vista Forumhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Admin@VistaForums.comWed, 07 Jan 2009 12:25:19 GMT20RE: [SOLVED]Some websites don't workhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic15171-45-1.aspxI found out that it was peer guardian that was blocking the sites. I didn't think it worked like a firewall. Thanks a lot for everyone's help.<br>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:22:27 GMTMikea08RE: [SOLVED]Some websites don't workhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic15171-45-1.aspxCould be HOSTS file issue but I've never seen that in Vista. Here is how to open the HOSTS file: http://simpable.com/software/how-to-update-the-vista-host-file/. Ignore the lines starting with # but check that there are no other lines than 127.0.0.1 localhost at the bottom. Report if you see other such lines.Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:50:51 GMTJasonRE: [SOLVED]Some websites don't workhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic15171-45-1.aspxHave you tried uninstalling Norton? Have you done a complete "clean remove" of Norton products? Do you have any other firewall-related products installed (Comodo, Windows Defender ?)Tue, 04 Mar 2008 14:35:42 GMTWAW8RE: [SOLVED]Some websites don't workhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic15171-45-1.aspxOne problem site worked, and the other timed out.Mon, 03 Mar 2008 17:51:47 GMTMikea08RE: [SOLVED]Some websites don't workhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic15171-45-1.aspxLike WAW8 suggested it has to be a firewall or Norton Involved somehow. Windows wouldn't cause such a problem, you would either get internet or no internet....not just some internet. Last resort it could be a DNS issue but doubtful. Try running the cmd prompt and typing "tracert google.com" (without quotes, and replace google.com with the name of the site you cannot connect to. Let us know what results you get: Does it complete or does it timeout?Mon, 03 Mar 2008 16:10:49 GMTJasonRE: [SOLVED]Some websites don't workhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic15171-45-1.aspxSince some Norton products implement a firewall of sorts, it could mean that Norton is blocking the websites, not IE.<br><br>Did you see the pinned post about Uninstalling Norton products?Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:52:50 GMTWAW8RE: [SOLVED]Some websites don't workhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic15171-45-1.aspxYes, the sites work on my other computer.<br><br>I tried all the things in that post and discovered that I can go to the web pages through a proxy. Nothing else worked though. It didn't give a solution if that worked. Does that mean i have a virus? I have norton, and it has run since this problem started.Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:23:45 GMTMikea08RE: [SOLVED]Some websites don't workhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic15171-45-1.aspxCheck out the pinned post about being unable to browse some websites in Vista.Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:49:13 GMTWAW8RE: [SOLVED]Some websites don't workhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic15171-45-1.aspxDo they work on other computers inside your network?Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:58:16 GMTJason[SOLVED]Some websites don't workhttp://www.vistaforums.com/Forum/Topic15171-45-1.aspxFor some reason some sites just stopped working on my laptop. They used to work and still do on my other computer. My internet connection is fine. Other sites and IM work great. It's probably about 1/4 of all websites. Some particular ones that don't work are mail.com and ign.com. These sites don't work on both firefox and IE. If anyone can help, it would be greatly appreciated.Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:35:16 GMTMikea08