For several weeks I have been unable to connect to the Microsoft
Problems and solutions server. When I try to look at the solutions to
various reported problems, a message pops up saying that Explorer is
unable to connect. My DSL connection is good, and it doesn't matter
whether I am using IE or Firefox. Am I alone here, or is this a known
recent Microsoft problem?
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Dave T.


You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
Emporer of Japan

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 15:29:01 -0800, "Dave T."
wrote:

For several weeks I have been unable to connect to the Microsoft
Problems and solutions server. When I try to look at the solutions to
various reported problems, a message pops up saying that Explorer is
unable to connect.

You're not missing a thing as far as I can tell.

Seriously. I've not found anything there at all.

My DSL connection is good, and it doesn't matter
whether I am using IE or Firefox. Am I alone here, or is this a known
recent Microsoft problem?

DDW
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Hi,

I've seen no problems with connecting to the servers that support that
function. I would suspect that perhaps you may have either a caching issue,
or a malware problem. The first can be alleviated by running ipconfig
/flushdns from an elevated command prompt. The latter by formal malware
scanning while in safe mode.

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Best of Luck,

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"Dave T." wrote in message
...
For several weeks I have been unable to connect to the Microsoft Problems
and solutions server. When I try to look at the solutions to various
reported problems, a message pops up saying that Explorer is unable to
connect. My DSL connection is good, and it doesn't matter whether I am
using IE or Firefox. Am I alone here, or is this a known recent Microsoft
problem?
--
Dave T.


You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
Emporer of Japan

Rick Rogers wrote:
Hi,

I've seen no problems with connecting to the servers that support that
function. I would suspect that perhaps you may have either a caching
issue, or a malware problem. The first can be alleviated by running
ipconfig /flushdns from an elevated command prompt. The latter by formal
malware scanning while in safe mode.


Thanks Rick. No malware problem, but flushdns seems to have done the trick.

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Dave T.


You can't imagine the extra work I had when I was a god. - Hirohito,
Emporer of Japan