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| I don't know why I can get into the Gardenweb site today, but its the first time in months. We've turned our computer upside down.......reinstalling drivers, trying different names, lowering our security, talking with experts, etc., etc., and nothing worked.
It appeared that it has something to do with Gardenweb not having a https instead of an http, in conjunction with our AT&T aircard modem. I don't know if I'll be able to keep posting, so I'm posting everything I can now! haha
I sure hope I can keep posting, 'cause I have a million garden questions this year, with the heat and drought and all. Anyone have any suggestions if it goes back to not letting me log on?
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| Hi catherinet, Copy and paste the text between the stars below into Notepad. @Echo off ***************************************************** Note: For Windows Vista or Windows 7, right-click flush.bat and select "Run as Administrator" . NEXT Thing to do: Clean out your temporary internet files and temp files. Download TFC by OldTimer From here click Here Double-click TFC.exe to run it. Note: If you are running on Vista, right-click on the file and choose Run As Administrator TFC will close all programswhen run, so make sure you have saved all your work before you begin * Click the Start button to begin the cleaning process. Once TFC is finished it should restart your computer. If it does not, please manually restart the computer yourself to ensure a complete cleaning. Let us know if that helps, please provide the error you're getting and the browser you're using too. |
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| Z, You normally tell the member what the goal of your advice is. You forgot this time. She probably would like to know. DA |
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| From the problem description as posted by user "Not being able to get to the site" sounds like a possible DNS issue (Domain Name server,) where the browser is not converting it, or a router / modem issue, The goal is the flush the DNS cache, using the Flush.bat script, it also does a lot of other useful things for connection issues to web sites as listed: ipconfig /release TFC Will clean out all Internet Temp files, but not cookies and that may need to be done as well, with Ccleaner or directly from the browser. My goal is to clean up and see what's left, without the user reporting an error or browser it's a guess. |
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| I'm not sure about what you're doing, maybe you can help me understand better. I don't know how critical that record is you're trying to clear, but as to part of what you seem to be doing, the DNS record was cleared by simply rebooting my PC. I tried it twice, once on an XP machine and once on Win 7, same outcome. It might be easier to suggest the OP work the problem by clearing history and cookies in the browser, or by trying another browser. |
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| I want to run the full script as I posted it plus the DNS, I understand the dns gets cleared upon rebooting. We've turned our computer upside down.......reinstalling drivers, trying different names, lowering our security, talking with experts, etc., etc., and nothing worked. From the above information supplied by the user, I am assuming they tried the browser, cookies thing. |
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- Posted by catherinet (My Page) on Sat, Aug 4, 12 at 19:26
| I'm not very computer savvy. My husband has been trying to fix it. He did flush the DNS cache and we've cleared files, cookies, history, etc., etc. Like I said, I'm now able to get on........but we don't know why. We have an AT&T Aircard modem. We plug it into our computer, and that's how we get internet access. We did an upgrade to it a couple months ago, and that's when all the trouble started. My husband could access the site at work, on all his computers and his laptop too. But at home, if he used the Aircard modem on his laptop, he could no longer access the site. So we deduced it had something to do with the Aircard upgrade. He talked to several techs at AT&T and Sierra Wireless and they couldn't figure out what was going on. I also could no longer access my Photobucket account. But today, out of the blue, I'm able to log on to Gardenweb AND access my Photobucket account. We haven't done anything different to the computer recently. My husband thought it had something to do with Gardenweb's security certificate. And the fact that garden web had just the http and not the https. I'm sorry if I'm not making sense, because of my not be very computer savvy. But........I'm finally able to access Gardenweb and for that I am grateful. I just hope it doesn't happen again! I will print out everything you've suggested in case it does happen again. |
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| I figured the issue resolved itself when you said you connected today. Those are the procedures I go through with connection problems, along with reinstalling the Network Adapter through Device Manager. When I saw the Aircard Modem I cringed a bit, just don't trust them all the time, same with wireless, wireless adapters usb type etc etc. Glad you're ok for now. Joe |
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- Posted by catherinet (My Page) on Sat, Aug 4, 12 at 23:02
| Thanks everyone! |
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| You're welcome! |
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