Paypal/Ebay/Amazon..."Not found"?

Heckler · #1 June 7th, 2006, 02:08 AM

Well, This has been an issue with my computer for about 6 months now and I finally decided it was worth looking into. I have literaly no idea what it could be, and no one else I have talked to has an idea either. I am posting here and on other forums as a last resort before taking it to a computer repair place due to the amount of money they would charge me for what will probably be a small fix.

My problem- On my computer whenever I try to go to eBay.com, amazon.com, and paypal.com it says they aren't valid URL's or that the websites can not be found. It does this no matter what browser I use, and I have done everything imaginable to try and fix it. As of now I have no clue on what I should do, or if their is even any hope.

If you can help me with this problem, any little peice of advice will do, please do so. I need the help desperatly.

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**degsy** · #2 June 7th, 2006, 11:20 AM

Give an indication of what you have or haven't tried. It will save the rest of us time and effort.

Heckler · #3 June 7th, 2006, 09:37 PM

I have flushed/reset my ip, Uninstalled and reinstalled firefox and opera (The 2 browsers I use), I even got a new router from my ISP thinking it might have something to do with that.

The sites do work on proxy servers though, if that helps at all.

**degsy** · #4 June 8th, 2006, 11:17 AM

What Internet Security are you running?
Have you tried disabling it?

You could try a repair of IE. It may reset certain security settings.
You could also try repairing the TCP/IP stack.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299357

Heckler · #5 June 8th, 2006, 10:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by degsy

What Internet Security are you running?
Have you tried disabling it?

You could try a repair of IE. It may reset certain security settings.
You could also try repairing the TCP/IP stack.

http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFIX.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299357

I don't use ie, so how would that help?

And I will try your 2nd suggestion.

**degsy** · #6 June 9th, 2006, 11:21 AM

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I don't use ie, so how would that help?

Because IE is integrated into the OS and the fix repair OS system files aswell as IE files.