Hello! I'm new here and am hoping someone can help me:

For 5 days now, I've been trying to get on a website that I have been using for years. Suddenly, I am getting Problem Loading Page/Server not found error, in Firefox, and Page cannot be displayed/Cannot find server in IE. It's obviously not the browser. It happens on both laptop computers in the house. I have tried accessing the site through my bookmarks and through other links. I've cleared my temp files, caches, etc. We are on a wireless connection. I'm able to pull up most other websites, though I inconsistently get this same error occasionally from other links I try. What is the problem and how do I fix it?

Most likely the website itself is having trouble.

All kinds of things may have happened to them:

- Their computer may have eaten the website AND the backup.
- Their computer may now be a pile of burned out chips, due to a surge or a lightning stroke.
- They went bankrupt.
- Their building burned down.
- The company was bought out.
- The company failed to pay the ISP bills, and was disconnected.
- They got kicked off the ISP for content violations.
- They forgot to renew their url, and it got nabbed by someone else.
- Their ISP got a better price for the domain name
- Somebody trademarked the domain name, and they had to change it (this happened to me a few years ago).
- The ISP was bought out, and the new owner changed the domain name.
- They changed ISPs to get a better price. That means they have a new url. (use search)
- Their ISP's building burned down.
- Their ISP's computer is now a pile of burned out chips.
- The whole area is blacked out due to a snowstorm (This just happened to some plains states). No power, no website.

There are a few cases where the trouble could be on your end:

- Your ISP blocked the site (usually due to spam or porn).
- Your security settings are blocking the site.
- The site is blocking you for some reason.
- You are using a url other than the standard entry url, and they redesigned the site in a way that eliminated that url (use search).

I neglected to say that the website, epicurious.com, is running fine, is not a pile of burned out rubble (as amusing as that explanation is, at this point) and is able to be accessed by friends and colleages. I've also temporarily turned off my security features, and tried to load it, which also didn't work. As I said, I've tried getting in through different angles, including searching, linking from bookmarks & other sites. As it is a food site, porn is not an issue.

Is there a way to sort out being blocked? Or is there another explanation?

I had a similar problem. I found the solution in Microsoft's website. Go to start and click on run. Type in "cmd" and click OK. Type in "netsh int ip reset filename.txt" and hit enter. Close out and then access the internet as normal. I have had to do this more than once; I think my computer protection features keep the function from sticking.

I do not know if you have fixed your problem yet nor if this is gravedigging but i have had the same problem for some number of weeks i finally figured out the problem, i done this:

1. Click on Start, then select "Control Panel".
2. Double click on "Network and Dial-up Connections".
3. Right Click on the LocalNet Icon, and select properties.
4. Click on the tab labeled "Networking".
5. In the white box labeled "Components checked are used by this connection" double click on "Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)".
6. Make sure the option "Obtain DNS server addresses automaticly" is selected.
7. Click OK
8. Click OK

Then i went to:
Run: cmd
ipconfig /flushdns

Restart your computer and wallah