Microsoft???

ace2109 · 27 Oct 2007 at 09:32

Is anyone having trouble accessing the Microsoft Site?

I have not been able to get onto it for a few days now???

Windows update also doesnt work, i have tried accessing it through Vista and Xp Pro

loltim · 27 Oct 2007 at 09:34

Works fine here.

deuse · 27 Oct 2007 at 09:38

Fine here as well.
But my Vista updates made it crash so back to good old XP

ace2109 · 27 Oct 2007 at 09:56

I have tried everything, its not blocked at my router or any software, it wont even allow me to ping in the command prompt???

Solari · 27 Oct 2007 at 10:13

You're not running Peerguardian2 or something are you with the block list running?

Sure you don't have web filtering enabled on your router/firewall as well?

MarcLister · 27 Oct 2007 at 12:05

Works fine for me. You running anything like Solari mentions?

csmager · 27 Oct 2007 at 13:07

ace2109 said:
I have tried everything, its not blocked at my router or any software, it wont even allow me to ping in the command prompt???

Microsoft drop all ICMP requests on all of their sites, so that wouldn't work even if you could access the site.

ace2109 · 27 Oct 2007 at 20:35

im not running any software guys that would block me from the site, in fact i have just done a clean install of xp pro and vista business and neither of those can access it???

aix0 · 27 Oct 2007 at 20:39

csmager said:
Microsoft drop all ICMP requests on all of their sites, so that wouldn't work even if you could access the site.

No they don't. Try pinging 207.46.197.32, if you get a response, it's a DNS issue.

bledd · 27 Oct 2007 at 20:40

who is your isp?

google "isp name" status page

swinnie · 27 Oct 2007 at 21:38

Could it be anything to do with the hosts file also? Had a similar issue a few weeks ago with someone else's PC not accessing their college website.

aix0 · 27 Oct 2007 at 21:49

The hosts file is used for local DNS resolution, used to resolve domain names to IP in the 'great circle of name resolution' before sending a lookup request to a DNS server. Unless the machine has been compromised (virus, malware), I wouldn't have thought the hosts file would be to blame.

ace2109 · 27 Oct 2007 at 21:53

aix0 said:
No they don't. Try pinging 207.46.197.32, if you get a response, it's a DNS issue.

yea i got a response from that! So how do i fix this issue then????

aix0 · 27 Oct 2007 at 21:59

ace2109 said:
yea i got a response from that! So how do i fix this issue then????

It'll probably be something to do with your ISPs DNS service. Like Bledd said, who's your ISP?

ace2109 · 27 Oct 2007 at 22:04

plusnet,

will i try putting their dns server addresses into where i assign my local network ip address

aix0 · 27 Oct 2007 at 22:07

Just for clarity, try entering 212.158.248.5 as your DNS server.

EDIT - Just for the lols I Googled that IP, it's the only DNS server I know of the top of my head. Seems to be a Bulldog broadband DNS, used them a couple of years ago.

Just incase you wondered what it was.

ace2109 · 27 Oct 2007 at 22:23

vista wont let me change the settings????

aix0 · 27 Oct 2007 at 22:28

Can't help you there, mate. Haven't used it since beta.

But, do you not have a network icon in the system tray that you can double click or something? Bring up network properties?

ace2109 · 27 Oct 2007 at 22:36

gonna reboot and try good old xp pro

aix0 · 27 Oct 2007 at 22:38

ace2109 said:
gonna reboot and try good old xp pro

Ahmen!