The relief was short-lived. About 2+ days and the problem is back. My original question was posted here:
https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5208-6230-0.html?forumID=101&threadID=215981&start=0
Nothing has *stayed* changed since I posted the first question… For 2 days everything worked fine, and now it doesn’t. When I click on a link in a TechRepublic newsletter I get “The page cannot be displayed” and in the Title Bar it says “Cannot find server.” If I copy the link and past it into IE6 I get the same thing. If I paste the link into Netscape 8.0.4, Opera 8.02, Mozilla 1.7.12 or Firefox 1.5.0.9 it works fine.
I won’t repeat here all the things I tried (noted at the link above) but the delineating mark both times (the “fix” and the “re-break”) came when my son used the computer to check his Yahoo mail and to visit wheresgeorge.com. He didn’t install or uninstall anything, change any settings, shut down or reboot. He used the Mozilla 1.7.12 browser which I don’t usually use.
The only thing I’ve noticed (and I don’t know enough about it to know whether or not it reveals something…) is that the links in the newsletters all begin with “http://ct.techrepublic.com.com” and in the other browsers, when the page link is finally resolved the link in the address bar shows, for example, “http://downloads.techrepublic.com.com” or “https://www.techrepublic.com.com” or “http://articles.techrepublic.com.com,” etc. Whether there is a “translator” or a “redirector” that isn’t working or something along that line, in IE or in my settings, I don’t know, but for all the other browsers it works fine.
I would be very grateful for any help, suggestions or “high-level magic.” This has become very annoying!
Thanks!
Mike