I just recently reformatted my computer. Now for some reason certain sites are inaccessible to my computer... big sites like yahoo, facebook, and other random sites. But at the same time i can access many websites such as this. When trying to connect to these other websites i get a message such as "The connection was reset" I am plugged into the wall with an Ethernet so there is no router involved. The only firewall i have running is windows firewall. Any suggestions?

You must have a modem or a router somewhere. Try (if you have both) unplugging your router and waiting 30 seconds. Plug it back in and wait for it to boot up. Retry your connection. Also, navigate to your browser options/preferences and make sure that some cookies/javascript are allowed, and those sites are not blocked. If the problem persists, try reinstalling your browser. Sometimes weird things happen.

~Tucker

It is a college connection so i dont have a modem or router in my room. I've used this connection before the reformat with no problems. All java is enabled and the sites are not blocked. Problem occurs in both IE and FireFox

The message is only about a lost connection?
Or a reset one?

"The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading."
"The connection has timed out"

Are the two msgs i get.

those both seem to me to be server side issues.

I cant think of why a browser, let alone two browsers would give the same messages.

The only advice i can give now would be to reinstall both/either and try again. Maybe try calling the university IT and see if they have any restrictions built into their firewalls for such sites.

Try reposting your issue in the networking section.

More people with a better understanding than me normally check those topics.


Sorry,

~Tucker

I am also having this problem, but it's isolated to just like 3 sites that I use every once in a while. The sites work on a different computer with the same internet connection perfectly fine.

I've also had occasions now and again where the browsers cease working entirely, but my internet connection is fine (i.e. ALL other programs accessing the internet work fine). I end up having to restart the computer (restarting the modem, resetting the connection doesn't work).

It's not a browser-side problem, and it happens in both Firefox in IE.

I tried a few Google searches to see if anyone else has ever had this problem and this is the only result that's close. So perhaps the OP is lurking and he found a solution?