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Topic: Why does my computer lie to me?
mackillian
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Member # 586
posted March 15, 2005 04:10 PM
Well, more like my browser. Conversation: "www.google.com not found." "No, it's there. Look again." "Oh! There it is!" Repeat for most of the sites I surf to. What can I do to fix this? I've tried rebooted my modem and router with no real change. Is it my browser (firefox). My computer? End-user incompatibility?
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Stephan
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posted March 15, 2005 04:13 PM
Try adding http:// before www. I'm not sure what causes this, but on my old computer I had the same problem, and that seemed to fix it.
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Teshi
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posted March 15, 2005 04:20 PM
Mine occaisionally does this, but not ALL the time. No idea why...
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ketchupqueen
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posted March 15, 2005 04:21 PM
Mine used to do this. It was a combination of the browser and network unreliablility. Stupid SBC.
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Zeugma
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posted March 15, 2005 04:26 PM
My Safari does this occasionally. I don't even notice it anymore, I just reload the page and it works. I have no idea what causes it.
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Annie
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posted March 15, 2005 04:27 PM
Because it's a lying liar who lies!
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ludosti
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posted March 15, 2005 05:07 PM
sounds like network farting to me.....
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mackillian
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posted March 15, 2005 05:08 PM
Would it be MY network here or my DSL service?
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TMedina
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posted March 15, 2005 05:10 PM
I'd guess it's your ISP and not an internal problem. -Trevor
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Brian J. Hill
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posted March 15, 2005 05:17 PM
Perhaps your computer feels neglected and is just doing it to get attention. Computers have such fragile self esteem. As for the network flatulance, I dunno; have you tried beano?
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