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Anne

Anne Report 30 May 2005 10:13

This has been driving me nuts for weeks - some sites that I go to, eg familysearch, seem fine to start with, but I can't go any further - I'll get to the list of names but when I click on the name it goes to that screen that says 'Page cannot be found' (after waiting ages). It does this on SOME other sites, like hotmail, but others like Scotlands People work fine (thank God!). I have reset all the internet defaults - no change. It used to work just fine and I don't think I changed anything. Has anyone any ideas?? Anne

Unknown

Unknown Report 30 May 2005 10:14

Sorry, don't know why it does that. I sometimes get that problem on this site. I just go back to previous screen & try again, or press refresh until it does work. nell

J

J Report 30 May 2005 10:19

Hi, Its probably when the website is overloaded in busy times and cant handle the amount of people using the site. I know family search was having problems last night but they are normally ok for me. Julie

Suzieuki

Suzieuki Report 3 Jun 2005 17:08

I get this occasionally at busy times esp on Free...Sites, wait a couple of seconds and try again you may hit a gap or just try later. Usually find it's my email suppliers server being 'serviced' what a pain when your on a hot lead!

Judy

Judy Report 3 Jun 2005 19:28

Fixing “Website Can’t Be Found” and other Site Error Messages More than likely you have trouble with accessing quite a few sites.....particularly getting the message 'website can't be found' among a few other error messages. Try the following and it should solve your problem. 1. Go to START. 2. Click on CONTROL PANEL. 3. Click on INTERNET OPTIONS. 4. Change NUMBER OF DAYS TO KEEP IN HISTORY to “0” and click APPLY 5. A box appears with tabs labeled across the top. Click on ADVANCED. 6. Scroll down to the sub-heading SECURITY. 7. Make sure the following has check marks next to it: Use USE SSL 2.0, USE SSL 3.0 and USE TLS 1.0. 8. Also make sure you check off EMPTY TEMPORARY INTERNET FILE WHEN BROWSER IS CLOSED. More than likely USE TLS 1.0 is not checked of and it should be. This will give you the error messages, as well as a few others, that will prevent you from viewing web sites and the error you are getting. Make sure you empty your cookies cache as well as temporary internet files once in a while, too, as this slows down your computer and these folders tend to 'remember' the errors and may continue to bring them up until the folders are emptied.