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A good first try would be to clear the IE cache. (tools menu)

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Mark L. Ferguson
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"John W" wrote in message
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> We've got a machine that's running XP and is having a strange problem.
> Whenever we try to reach the Hotmail page sometimes it works and sometimes
> it doesn't. This is in an office where we can go to any other computer
> and it will always access Hotmail. We can actually take a laptop, hook up
> the same network cable as the problem computer and it will always access
> Hotmail. I'm just confused why sometimes the page will work and sometimes
> it won't.
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> If I go to the command prompt and ping www.hotmail.com it will reply but
> IE won't reach the site. Anyone have a suggestion what I might look for?
>
> Thanks!!!
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