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by craig1912

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W98,IE 6(upgraded from5.5 to try and solve this problem but didn't)
I have been trying to access a particular site (www.tiscali.co.uk) and it takes me to an old home page with out of date links. As a consequence I can't access their new web based forums. I have cleared all temp internet files, cookies etc. I have also deleted the index dat files from dos and I now don't seem to be able to access the site at all (the server times out). I can access from my office pc and log on read email etc sothe problem is with my home pc but I don't know what else to try. Any thoughts/suggestions would be gratefully received.
Many thanks
Craig

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by d_v ant

Check this setting and see if it may be the problem. Open IE. Click on TOOLS, INTERNET OPTIONS. On the GENERAL tab, under Temporary Internet Files, click on the Settings button. Under "check for newer version of stored page" ensure that "Every visitto the page" is selected.
These menu selections are from IE 5, but I believe they are the same for 6

Hope this helps

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by isys

Their new site might have a different IP than their old one and the DNS server at home might not be updated yet. Ping the domain name at each site and see if they have the same IP.

by b_pope

try fixing IE through control panel, add/remove programs.
when you select IE6 it will give you 3 options, one being to fix IE

by b_pope

you can also try Internet Options in control panel & under the security & advanced tabs select restore defaults

by craig1912

Thank you everyone but I've tried all these and they failed. I found my answer from another forum and it was a "host" file which once i deleted the text in notepad sorted the problem out.

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