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im not an expert at computers but im hoping someone can help me with a problum i have. . .

ok well i use IE and i get restricted from alot of sitez ::for example:: i cant sign up for almost anything it will let me go to the website but if i click sign up it will say "the page cannot be displayed" but yet i can sign up for yahoo and a few other things so far the sites that i have tryed to sign up for and they dont work were sub domain sites. . .i also tryed to sign up for a new aim name. . .and a message board for my site. . .and it just didnt let me. . . ive tryed to restore the defaults on my internet options and it doesnt work i also tryed the Per Site Privacy Actions and that didnt work ether does anyone know a way i can fix this problum? or at least let me no what is wrong???

Its letting you sign up for some sites but not others??
hmm try it it in another browser (opera) infact I suggest you just change to opera way better browser - IMHO
www.opera.com

v_Ln

thank u im downloading it right now ill let u know what happens :D

When you are trying to sign into these sites, are they https:// sites? If so, then you may need to check your date/time/time zone, cipher strength (from any page in ie click help->about internet explorer and the cipher strength will be listed. It should be 128 bit, if not then upgrade it using the MS recommended patches and the like.), also check your proxies as they may cause troubles along this line as well. It also may be work clearning the cache and the cookies (IE-> Tools-> Internet Options-> Settings-> View Files-> select all and delete) as they may be causing you some trouble.

There are other fixes, but hopefully you won't have to go to that length. Hope this helps.

Regards,

Chefer

Not all sites require a secure connection for their auth process wich would ac**** for some sites working and not others.

Opera is definitely not all it's suppose to be, test it thoroughly before using and jump on the bandwagon criticising the others. I tested opera on AO results, login ok, surfing ok, but at the buttom where suppose to be stating post reply, bump etc. there stating "you must be logged in to post replies on this forum" hey, but i am logged in! yes, I have have changed and edited my preferences and checked thoroughly before posting here.

This phenomina (I call it) also exist on alot of other sites and BBS I am registered at, if any of you also visit the CODC site and you're registered of course, you will see that you can't make any changes in your preferences and you are not really logged in, it's kind of like a state in-between. My point is before advising someone to get a different model car with all the "cool" features if any, explain to them the Pros and Cons of buying a different model car to the one they're using now.

PS. in Opera setting the IE6 pref makes all options visible. Food for thought.

Check your IE settings. Make sure you dont have that stupid rating **** activated.

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Originally posted here by virgule
Opera is definitely not all it's suppose to be, test it thoroughly before using and jump on the bandwagon criticising the others. I tested opera on AO results, login ok, surfing ok, but at the buttom where suppose to be stating post reply, bump etc. there stating "you must be logged in to post replies on this forum" hey, but i am logged in! yes, I have have changed and edited my preferences and checked thoroughly before posting here.

This phenomina (I call it) also exist on alot of other sites and BBS I am registered at, if any of you also visit the CODC site and you're registered of course, you will see that you can't make any changes in your preferences and you are not really logged in, it's kind of like a state in-between. My point is before advising someone to get a different model car with all the "cool" features if any, explain to them the Pros and Cons of buying a different model car to the one they're using now.

PS. in Opera setting the IE6 pref makes all options visible. Food for thought.

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Virgule you have a good point, anyway, you state it in the ps, setting opera to be recognized as IE6 will fix a lot of these probs, also make sure you keep updating your Opera. The 7.11 is the newest at the moment.
I experienced Opera 7.x to be a little unstable in Linux, in windows it runs rockstable. In my eyes Opera is still the best. It has features other browsers companies didn't even think of, for instance mouse gestures, damm I like those... it's fast, faster than any GUI browser I have seen. But yes, it has troubles with some webpages, it sometimes crashes on java and other stuff, older Opera versions made wrongly dhtml translations and it forgets cookies (but you can alter that in the configuration).

Ok, must take my foot out of my mouth here. Just upgraded (on a RH9 box), yep it's gotten better, will take it for a run in the next few days.On windows it works fine, I am currently using opera6 on FreeBSD 5 (when will we get 7?) so that may explain it.

Ok here's a stupid question, but what version of IE do you have? Are you running dial up or broadband (like DSL or cable)? What's the stats of your computer?

I have noticed on slower computers with dial connections that pages will not load. I can undersand that just for the fact that it takes so long and by the time the computer "kicks into gear" the dial has not sent a responce to the server and the connection is dropped.

Or if you have an old version of IE, it might not be able to display the page correctly and then is just giving up... why you are getting that error.

Just a thought...
~AciD

go to mozilla.org and get mozilla it has built in pop up control, ect
its very hard to slip u a file from a website in it and is MUCH faster then ie

plus evil programs cant post favorits or chang ur start up page :P

ive had very few problems with it but u also might wanna check ur cookie controls cause if u have em at no allowance then u basically cant do anything on the web

perhaps its because your internet options have been set to not show certain websites. you can change these options by opening op your ie browser and clicking tools then internet options. maybe a parental control option is on...?

chefer - thank u so much for all the help but for some reason nothing worked :(

AciDriveHB - im using dial up but i refresh the pagez and alota nd it jus never workz then i go back a cuple days later and the same thing happens. . .

DeahtOMen - i did get mozilla instead of opera BUT now ever sence i had then when i send people imagez on aim they see it different colorz like i sent a layout i made and they saw it green and dark purple when the layouts is achually red and black so i deleted mozilla but the color problum is still happening even after i turned off and rested my computer for the night does anyone know a way i can fix this now?

ugh i think my computerz just never gonna work :(

thank all of u guys for being so nice and tryen to help me i appreciate it alottttttt *hugz and kisses*

sorry about the incorrect typing. . .

p.s. i also uplouded the layout somewhere and sent it to them as a url and they still see it different colorz and there all useing IE

Well got me with the problem directly. The only other thing I can think of is go into your Internet Options and "Delete Files" and also check "Delete all offline content". Your cache could be overloaded. Another thought would be, delete all the files in any temp directions you have, then do a full scan disk and defrag. That might help? Personally I think I would format/reload because maybe it's just a system glitch. Beyond that I'm out of ideas right now, sorry!

As for your AIM, if you are using the one that came with Mozilla, try going to AOL's website and download the IM client off them and install it. Make sure to uninstall the older one first. Usually the AIM that is packaged with those things are a little modified, and always out of date. I know you can update them, but this way just seems more clean and it's from the IM provider (AOL) which might help your problem.


Just a thought...
~AciD

well ive been using AIM for a cuple of years now i got it off of the aim website do u think that it could have somehow been infected by that mozilla browser?. . . well im upgrading my aim now but this never happened until i downloaded that new browser but i got rid of mozilla anyways... i wanted to reboot my whole computer and just start from scratch but i forgot how to do so and last time i called in and had them help me my mom was mad because the phone call was to expensive lol so umm ill jus have to wait and see wha happens :(

Hmmm, I never had that prob. with Mozilla. It must be something else. I run both IE and Mozilla. There are two Mozilla's out there. One that is very stable and a new updated one that they are still getting the bugs out. I use the older of the two. It is very stable. And I was wondering, how old are you? No big deal, just wondering. My daughter started working with computers in her teens. It's a big new world out there, please be careful.

Freddy

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when i send people imagez on aim they see it different colorz like i sent a layout i made and they saw it green and dark purple when the layouts is achually red and black so i deleted mozilla but the color problum

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Ok, I might be able to help you out a little bit. When you went to mozilla.org what version of mozilla did you download? And then, when you installed it, did you do a complete install or did you just install the browser part of the Mozilla package? Also, you said that you had been using AIM for a couple of years, i would seriously recomend going back to www.aim.com to download the most recent version of AIM. If i were you, i would reinstall AIM and your problem should be fixed.



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heh i know this may sound like a silly thing to check but probs with color might be caused by a faulty monitor and not a fault in the software itself? Its just that I never heard of a browser effecting settings in that way where as my old monitor started to go and although colors didn't change as such everything wasn't in true color - was kinda 3 shades darker than what the actual color was

not going to get into a 'what browser is best' type argument (plenty of them here already ;))
but personnaly I have always found opera to be more stable and a heck of alot faster than other browsers - i have to use netscape/opera/IE to check cross compatability
and out of those 3 i would def rank opera at the top

v_Ln