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[Help] Internet browsers won't connect to webpages

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  1. TUGreenWave TUGreenWave is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 4:45am)

    Having a bit of an issue over here. When i go to open a webpage with firefox it won't connect with anything. Tried with chrome and IE too and same thing.

    Oddly enough aim and skype still works. Any ideas on how to get my browsers to work?
  2. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 4:46am) in reply to TUGreenWave

    so how exactly did u get here?
  3. TUGreenWave TUGreenWave is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 4:47am) in reply to Glo4m

    a smartphone...tried a bunch of things from a google search and nothing has worked so far.
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  4. AnonymousX AnonymousX is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 4:54am) in reply to TUGreenWave

    Ur browsers broken?
  5. Luho Luho is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 4:57am) in reply to AnonymousX

    Just use your phone
     
  6. Glo4m Glo4m is offline Confess to me

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 4:58am) in reply to Luho

    loled
     
    Originally Posted by Luho View Post

    Just use your phone

  7. curiousgeorge curiousgeorge is offline baby duck hat

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 10:06am) in reply to Glo4m

    antivirus blocking it? check the firewalls
  8. snaggs snaggs is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 12:23pm) in reply to curiousgeorge

    make sure you don't have "work offline" or the equivalent selected in the browsers.
     
  9. AnonymousX AnonymousX is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 6:25pm) in reply to snaggs

    TUGreenwave made this thread for me. He was trying to help me fix it for like 3 hours last night, nothing worked. When I got home, the internet was super slow. I ran out for like a half hour, and when I got back and turned the laptop back on (everything goes to sleep mode after 20 min) I was able to get on AIM and SKYPE but when I tried opening firefox, IE, AND chrome none of them would work. At first all the other comps here were able to get online, but after a few hours they also had the same problem. I literally tried everything and then came to the conclusion that I need a new router b/c it's pretty old and I usually have to unplug/replug it once a week at minimum so it made sense that it was dying. I woke up today, and it's now working again. WTF?!?! Anyone have any insight as to wtf happened last night? Could my modem be on the fritz of dying?
  10. MyJobisYou MyJobisYou is offline Banned Scammer

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 6:31pm) in reply to AnonymousX

    I bet the guinea pigs quit rowing
    Edited By: MyJobisYou Nov 30th, 2011 at 06:34 PM
  11. AnonymousX AnonymousX is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 6:38pm) in reply to MyJobisYou

    Am I supposed to understand wtf that means?
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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 6:46pm) in reply to snaggs

     
    Originally Posted by snaggs View Post

    make sure you don't have "work offline" or the equivalent selected in the browsers.

    bypass your router, plug cable straight into your computer next time you have a problem like this, if it works then your router sucks.

    also, when I have a power outage (even if it is too short to notice) my router and/or modem has to be reset/rebooted.

     
    Originally Posted by MyJobisYou View Post

    I bet the guinea pigs quit rowing

     
    Originally Posted by tsxxx04 View Post

    Am I supposed to understand wtf that means?

    it's from a commercial.
    Edited By: EyeKnows Nov 30th, 2011 at 06:46 PM
  13. coolhandkev coolhandkev is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 6:50pm) in reply to EyeKnows

    how did you get TUG to do your bidding for you?
  14. Paki_Poker Paki_Poker is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 6:52pm) in reply to coolhandkev

    If we could collectively solve this problem, then we might be able to determine how to cause this problem, in which case we could push this problem out to Smokecock's CPU. Then we can celebrate with blunts and bitches.
     
  15. AnonymousX AnonymousX is offline

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    Nov 30th, 2011 (11/30/2011 7:03pm) in reply to MyJobisYou

    TU is a friend and was willing to try to help me, and then he got frustrated and wanted to figure out the answer to satisfy his curiousity. My power hasn't gone out recently, and it was after stores were closed and I think I gave my LAN cable to my brother when he needed it and couldn't find another one. I was going to buy one today and probably still will just in case I run into something like this again. I knew I could get on the internet if I connected the laptop to the cable modem (which I knew wasn't the problem) but besides that I literally tried everything. I reset everything like 10x, turned on and off my fire wall/virus protection numerous times, and TU gave me a bunch of other suggestions (like prompts to put into cmd. Just nothing worked. It was ironic though, this was the first time probably ever that I sat down to start a research paper over a week before it's due (I usually wait until a day or 2 before the due date to start) and I couldn't do any research! It's a 14 page paper too, sigh. That's why I'm gonna buy the cable as a back up so that I don't get screwed when I spend my weekend doing super fun things like research and writing!

    TUGreenwave is super awesome and I feel horrible. He was determined to figure out what was wrong and after 3 hours I gave up cuz it was after midnight and I had to study so he had to give up without solving the problem. Sorry :(


    Oh, and I never watch commercials that's prob why I had no idea what that guinea pig thing meant! DVR ftw!
    Edited By: AnonymousX Nov 30th, 2011 at 07:03 PM
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    Dec 1st, 2011 (12/1/2011 4:23am) in reply to MyJobisYou

     
    Originally Posted by MyJobisYou View Post

    I bet the guinea pigs quit rowing

    LOL GOLD! I got DVR too but caught that shit watching sports which i try hard to watch live.
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