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Hi,

I am having trouble opening popular websites such as hotmail, ebay or facebook. I can open most other sites without issue. They time out and internet explorer says it can not display the web page. I am operating Windows 7.
I googled the problem and it looks like its quite a common thing to happen but there doesnt seem to be any clear fixes.
Can anyone help?

Thank you so much

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Short summary and focused next steps (Windows 7). described selective timeouts for big sites; earlier replies from and suggested cookies/scans, pointed toward DNS/proxy, and suggested trying another browser. Those are reasonable first checks. If those basic steps did not fix the issue, use the targeted diagnostics below to isolate whether the problem is local (hosts, cache, stack), the router/ISP, or TLS/time related.

Check name resolution first (easy to isolate). Run nslookup against your default resolver and then against a known public resolver (example: 8.8.8.8). If the default resolver returns NXDOMAIN, wrong IP, or times out while 8.8.8.8 succeeds, the problem is resolver-level (router/ISP/filter). Example:

nslookup facebook.com
nslookup facebook.com 8.8.8.8

Use those results to decide whether to change DNS on the PC or router. (learn.microsoft.com)

Check and fix local name/store/network issues next. Inspect and back up the hosts file (C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts); remove any lines that map those domains to 127.0.0.1 or other IPs, then run these commands from an elevated Command Prompt and reboot:

copy C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts %USERPROFILE%\Desktop\hosts.backup
notepad C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts
ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset

Editing hosts requires Administrator rights; always keep the backup. (support.microsoft.com)

Other quick checks before escalating: confirm the PC clock/time zone (wrong time causes HTTPS/certificate failures), verify Internet Options → Connections → LAN settings for unexpected proxy entries, and test the same sites from a different network (phone on mobile data) to see if the ISP/router is blocking. If DNS blocking is confirmed, try a trusted public resolver (Cloudflare or Google) in the adapter or router settings or contact the ISP. (support.microsoft.com)

If these diagnostics still don’t resolve it, post the nslookup outputs and the (redacted) hosts file contents; those details let responders point to the precise follow-up (router settings, DNS logs, or deeper packet-level checks).

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Member Avatar for crunchie

Hi and welcome to the Daniweb forums :).

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Try clearing all your cookies and see how it is then.

If still no luck, go to the viruses, spyware and other nasties, follow the directions inside the first thread and then start a thread there and paste your logs for someone to look over.

Member Avatar for bluetige

If your setup using a Static Address then Check the DNS Settings on your Network Adapter and make sure it's got the same address as your gateway. Also check within your internet Explorer Network Connection settings that only detect automatically is ticked. It's possible that your internet connection is being re routed

Member Avatar for jingda

I agreed with crunchie. This problem happen to me before, your cookies is not enable, did you disable them if yes enable them, since all of the sites mention need the use of cookies.

Member Avatar for harrydenwt

i think you should install a new browser then try again to open the sites that u wants to open.

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