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Hey! I've had this problem ever since March that is really annoying me. Okay, I know its just a freakin' website but everytime I try to go to "Myspace" I get a blank page on Mozilla & Opera and either "Page cannot be displayed" or "Action Cancelled" on IE. I've tried deleting my cookies, my cache, passwords, history...I even downloaded this IE Fix thing, but it did not work. I tried reinstalling both. I've tried adding myspace to the numerous allowed sites lists. I've tried altering the security settings for the spyware, disabling the spyware.... We have 4 PC's in our house and it only works on my bros...but of course I can't use that one. I can access it at school, but it's still really annoying. Does anybody know how to fix this? Or even know what is wrong? Thanks in advance.

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A few targeted checks will usually find the culprit when a single PC can reach some sites but not one particular site. Building on 's firewall idea, common causes at this layer are a hosts file entry, a proxy/winhttp setting, a corrupted network stack, or a DNS/resolver mismatch. The steps below are ordered so each result narrows the fault.

Run these from an elevated Command Prompt and reboot to clear local resolver and stack problems:

ipconfig /flushdns
netsh winsock reset
netsh int ip reset

Then verify name resolution and path:

nslookup myspace.com
tracert myspace.com

Interpreting results: nslookup returning 127.0.0.1 or a LAN IP points to a hosts file or local blocker; tracert that stops at the gateway/router suggests router/ISP filtering or NAT issues.

Check the hosts file and proxy/winhttp settings. Open C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts with Notepad run as Administrator and remove any lines mapping the site to localhost or a private IP. Verify browser and system proxy settings (Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN Settings; Firefox Network Settings). Inspect or reset winhttp:

netsh winhttp show proxy
netsh winhttp reset proxy

Other useful tests: boot into Safe Mode with Networking to rule out AV/HTTPS inspection and temporarily disable any SSL scanning in security software. Try a different resolver by setting DNS to Google (8.8.8.8) or Cloudflare (1.1.1.1) to see if the problem is DNS‑related (Google Public DNS docs, ). Also confirm system date/time (bad clock can break TLS). If nslookup/tracert from the bad PC differ from a working PC, the differing hop or IP identifies where filtering or failure occurs. For strictly local failures, hosts, proxy/winhttp, winsock reset, and AV inspection are the most frequent fixes.

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Hmm, does every other website work?

Is it possible that somehow your firewall is blocking it?

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Yeah, every other website works for the most part. Some websites wont let me see graphics or smilies and the like, but that's not a big deal. It's annoying to look at "X"s or just a blank square, but at least I can view those sites. And my firewall shouldn't be blocking it...it's not on the blocked list. And when I disable the firewall it still doesn't work. I was thinking maybe it was port problem or something like that, but I have no idea what that is!

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