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IE 7 will not access specific web site from home, but works ok everywhere else

This is a strage one. I have a very stable setup with MS XP at home with cable modem, linksys router with generic settings (no special filters, port setting, etc), and two computers. All has worked just fine for years. I have used the website Newegg.com often, but starting several months ago I cannot access the site with IE 7 from either computer. However, if I take my laptop to the office which uses the same ISP Newegg.com pops up just fine. No other web site is causing any problems.

The only thing that has changed is that I dumped Norton and went to NOD32 for my virus protection and started using the MS firewall. Both have default settings. I purged Norton using their removal tool, so that should not be the problem.

Any ideas?

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war1

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poinzpalm

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Thanks war1 for the speedy comment. To clarify, my title should have read

"IE 7 will not access specific web site from home, but works ok at the office"

I tried clearing the DNS cache and temp internet files without joy. I'm not inclined to clear cookies as I like them :) and this would not explain why my laptop works ok at the office. I checked HOSTS and no entry is there referencing newegg.com. I checked IE Restricted Sites and there are no entries. Same for MS Firewall. I completly turned off the firewall and NOD32 without joy. I checked the router again and I see no blocked sites or any blocked ip addresses.

thanks for the ideas - poinzpalm

war1

Add the website to the Trusted Zone.

poinzpalm

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I added http://www.newegg.com and http://*.newegg.com to the trusted site list in IE and still no luck. Good idea though.

poinzpalm

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Here is another clue. I was able to ping www.newegg.com just fine, so I took the IP it returned http://204.14.213.185/ and plugged it into the IE address bar and the newegg main page comes up no problem. However, no links on the main page work. So the IP address works, but something is blocking the IP lookup???

war1

>> I checked HOSTS and no entry is there referencing newegg.com.

Check the HOSTS file and check any line reference 204.14.213.185

poinzpalm

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Thanks for hanging in there. Here is my HOSTS file:

127.0.0.1 localhost
192.168.1.100 HP0017A42A4612

so I don't see the newegg IP number.

poinzpalm

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Ok war1, you were right about the cookies. I deleated all cookies with newegg in the filename and that did the trick. This is illogical because with the same cookies I had no problems with the office internet connection, only the home connection. Anyway, thanks.

war1

poinzpalm, glad the problem is fixed.