CBR929RE

ok so this is a really weird issue I'm having. motorcycleaddicts.org and fireblades.org both won't load unless I am signed onto aol. no idea why aol has to be signed on because I'm using a cable modem. I've tried opening both sites in Firefox and Safari but nothing. once aol is signed on though I can use firefox/safari and they open just fine. its just those 2 sites, every other site I tried worked.

anyone have any idea what the issue might be?

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phobe

wtf is aol?

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phobe

lol brb

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CBR929RE

right now its a gateway program apparently. otherwise it just takes up space on a hd that could otherwise be used to store more pr0n.

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ND4SPD

Is your cable through AOL?

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CBR929RE

nope. comcast.

this afternoon everything was working fine. then I just left the computer on. when I sat back down and hour or two ago both .orgs just weren't working.

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CBRVFR

Dammit Z - you forgot to block his aol portal.

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ND4SPD

Do other sites work without AOL? Did someone change your default browser?

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CBR929RE

thats it, when people make fun of you for being short I'm not gonna be on your side anymore.


every other site I tried worked (google, rc51.0rg, myspace, yahoo...)

no one touched the computer. unless my mom came into my room when I was taking a nap, but she doesn't have the technical prowess to do anything like this.



I just figured there are smarter computer people on here than me so it wouldn't hurt to ask.

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SomeStrangeGuy

I think your Mom maybe came in and reconfigured the proxy settings or modified the routing table on your router, or maybe she moved your PC onto a vlan?


It sounds to me like an unstall of AOL is in order.

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tigerblade

Keep the contraceptive talk to the Off Topic forum, please.

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SheepOfBlue

If you have comcast and a Mac toss AOL in the trash where it belongs. If you have Windoz there is a LOT of issues that AOL could cause.

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CBR929RE

everything works today. without aol. no idea what the deals was last night. maybe the computer just needed a good nights rest.

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bda116

I thought that Macs just worked. Never any problems at all.

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CBR929RE

I wouldn't go so far as to say they never have any problems. in the 7 years I've owned this computer its been down exactly once when some system file got corrupted and I had to wipe the hard drive and start over. only minor glitches such as this one on very rare occasions. this is the first issue I've had since switching to OSX I think 2 years ago.

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