Can't get into a Web site...

[TwoRails]

Hi All,

I'm trying to get into this site but I can't. (It has a recommended EXIF reader) All I get is "problem loading page."

http://www.opanda.com/en/iexif/index.html

It's not the firewall and I've tried two different machines in the house but both are running Avast AV. Also tried Firefox and IE 6.

Any ideas on how to figure it out?

TIA

TR

[hudson80]

got right in useing IE 7

[rjfvillarosa]

No problem here Rails.

XPpro/SP3. IE7. Windows firewall.

[Panama Red]

One more with no problem - Vista Ultimate w/IE7, AVG Free and Windows firewall.

[TwoRails]

Dang!

I emailed a friend, but he couldn't get in either and he has vista (versus XP for me) and different AV and 'stock' firewall. The only thing he has in common is we both have the same IP.

Could it be the IP??

[toomyg]

worked for me

IE7, win xp pro sp3 and avg free 8.0

[TwoRails]

Thanks folks -- Seems like everyone can get on it except people with my Provider - I'll shoot them an email and see what happens.

[toomyg]

Who's your Provider?

[TwoRails]

A little company: Wave Broadband.

I shot them off an email; got an auto-reply saying they'll contact me in a day or two.

[Valdeam]

Worked for me.
Vista 64 Ultimate / Firefox / Avast / Comodo Firewall

[juppy]

No problems for me either, TR. Until Valdeam posted, I didn't see anybody using Avast so I thought I'd check that part out for ya.....like Valdeam though, I got through fine even having Avast, so that shouldn't be it either. Probably like you said, it'll turn out to be a site that fell in a range that your IP has blocked.
XP Home/Maxthon/Avast/Windows Firewall

EDIT: Did you try putting that site address in the "Trusted Sites" part of your browser just to see if that cleared it? I mean, it probably won't, where you've tried both Firefox and IE, but might be worth a shot.

[glc]

Do you want the one for IE or the Firefox extension, or both?

Shoot me a PM with your e-mail addy and I'll D/L it and send it to ya.

[TwoRails]

Thanks Everybody

Thanks for the tip, juppy. No joy, though

glc, you'll have a PM in a couple of minutes.

[glc]

Check your PM's again, Gmail is rejecting the attachments. I need a different email addy.

[juppy]

GLC > It should go through if you just change the extension on the executable. Gmail doesn't allow anything ending in .exe, .dll, .ocx, .bat, etc, etc. You probably know this already, but to change the extension in XP you have to be able to view the extensions, so go to Windows Explorer, Tools, Folder Options, View, and uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types". Click "apply" and the extension should be showing up. Right click it, Rename, backspace over the EXE and put something like DOC or TXT in place of it to change the file to that type. Gmail won't block it then (unless there's a trace of a virus inside....doesn't work for sending viruses ). He'll just have to do the opposite when he gets the file on his machine.....make the extensions viewable, etc, and rename it to EXE again. I tried it with a small exe off my machine, and when I changed it to a doc, it made the program start up with the warning box of "Can't verify the manufacturer's credentials.....go ahead and run?", but when I changed it to a TXT file, for some reason it came to me zipped. Just had to unzip it and THEN rename it....dunno what happened with that.

I've read that .RAR files will go through untouched too, but I've never tried them. If you have the program to compress it to a RAR though, you might give that a shot, because TwoRails can just uncompress it with a freebie like 7zip then.

[glc]

I tried zipping the 2 files - one .exe and one .xpi - and it rejected that too.

I just sent it to his ISP account about an hour ago and it hasn't bounced yet. Sorry, but I refuse to play Gmail's silly games, I'm not going to change extensions just to keep them happy.

Since Win95 came out, the very first things I do on any system is unhide extensions and show all hidden and system files. I also set all views to Details. I hate looking at files as big icons, it makes me feel like I'm playing with a Mac. It even took me a while to get comfortable with Windows Explorer - for the longest time I still used Winfile on 95. I'm lockwired to the old Windows (3.1) File Manager type display, and refuse to change. I'm now very comfortable with Windows Explorer in Details view, as the right mouse button options are very handy.

[juppy]

Yeah, zips won't work either. That's why they suggst RARs. Apparently they'll scan inside a zipped file but not the RAR archive. Go figure. *shrugs*

I wish they'd just scan for virus files and quit blocking files based only on the extension. I've always thought that was rather stupid, but they've done it for a long time now.

[glc]

That's just dumb, as we all know what RAR is usually used for.

[Panama Red]

I've sent .exe files thru gmail by changing the extension to .doc. The person receiving the file simple renames it to .exe and it works fine.

[glc]

I know, but I refuse to do it.

[toomyg]

Gmail is a pain but there service works good

[TwoRails]

Got it, glc, thanks!!

~~~~~~~~~~~~

I still haven't gotten any word from my IP yet.... so much for a 24 hour turnaround promise on questions...

[juppy]

Originally Posted by TwoRails I still haven't gotten any word from my IP yet.... so much for a 24 hour turnaround promise on questions...

Maybe they mean that they want you to give them a total of 24 hours to work up an answer for you.....doesn't necessarily mean 24 hours all in succession. 1 hour on Monday, half an hour on Tuesday, 3 hours on Wednesday, until they hit a total of 24. So at that rate, they might get back to you by, oh, New Years.

[toomyg]

Originally Posted by TwoRails Got it, glc, thanks!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I still haven't gotten any word from my IP yet.... so much for a 24 hour turnaround promise on questions...

I bet if you owed them money you would hear from them then?

[TwoRails]

Originally Posted by juppy Maybe they mean that they want you to give them a total of 24 hours to work up an answer for you.....doesn't necessarily mean 24 hours all in succession. 1 hour on Monday, half an hour on Tuesday, 3 hours on Wednesday, until they hit a total of 24. So at that rate, they might get back to you by, oh, New Years.

LOL! - I hear ya! That's like some folks at work who give 100%: 10% on Mondays, 25% on Tuesdays, and so on

Originally Posted by toomyg I bet if you owed them money you would hear from them then?

Ain't that the truth! Funny how that works, eh!?!

[TwoRails]

Well.... I finally got a reply from tech support. Here it is in it's entirety:

We are also unable to access that webpage. This office is not on Wavebroadband internet. It has to be something at the website or their host.

[itsgt]

I can get in with FireFox, Explorer and Opera with firewalls

[toomyg]

Originally Posted by TwoRails Well.... I finally got a reply from tech support. Here it is in it's entirety:

Tworails is it possible they the web site you can't get too have you blocked on there end? Seems unlikely but it's a thought

Reason I say this is I could do this on my web server if I wanted too.

[TwoRails]

Don't see any reason why they would block me... I could not get in from the very first try, so I couldn't have pissed them off somehow. Never heard of the place before, either.

An after thought, I think it's funny that my IP's tech center doesn't use the IP in question. They use to, I believe, do their own support but apparently they are farming it out now. But they did mention they couldn't get in, either (or maybe that was just a put off??).

[glc]

Horse manure. I got in just fine, as you know.