Lois & Clark Forums Forums General Discussion Technical Help and How To's Can't get into some websites

I was just wondering if anyone else who has a Dell computer which they brought sometime last year is having any problems getting into differnt forums because my laptop won't let me get ino two different forums. The first forum I always got on to from my desktop then when I got my laptop couldn't get on it anymore.

Then yesterday my fav roswell site changed servers and now I can't get on to that site anymore. I keep getting taken to a Dell google homepage thing and they have a link to tell you had to stop that from happening but then when you go to progrems to remove it the progrem they've told you to remove isn't there.

I'm just so mad I'm really just thinking at this point of saving up some money this year and then just getting a new laptop this Dell one hasn't been working out. Never could get the usb ports to work.

It seems, according to some sites, that Dell has set the Dell/Google homepage as your Home Page (the one that should default to when you open the browser). Have you tried changing your Home Page to something else, or setting as blank page (in Firefox, go to Tools->Options... and change the Startup option in the Main tab; don't remember how on IE)?

Also, what are the links you are trying to get into? Could there be a problem with the links?

malu

If the site changed servers, it may take a little bit for your provider's DNS servers (the servers that match word addresses to number addresses) to update. You can update your own DNS cache by going to Start -> Run, and type in "ipconfig /flushdns" without the quotes.

Changing the homepage in IE is Tools -> Internet Options, and it's the first option on the General tab.

Tried those didn't work. I hope if I give the site a few days since it's move that it will work again but so far it hasn't.

When you say you found a link that tells you how to stop it happening, did it tell you to do this?

Something else I found:
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Similar to what I just posted, found this also (same files to look for):
According to this, it could be that IE is trying to block some advertisement in the forums you're trying to access, and ends up rerouting you to the Dell/Google search page.

malu

malu thanks that last tip got me onto a website I haven't been able to get on still I got my laptop but the other website still doesn't seem to work. On the up side I can get to the site from the wayback machine but I can't login that way so I can't post at that forum.

I just find this old post of mine and thought I would update everyone and let them know I did get on that site all I had to do was delete my google search history and it let me on. I don't know why that worked but it did so I'm not going to complain lol.