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PapaJohn





PostPosted: Mon Apr 10 17:06:13 CDT 2006 Top

Windows XP Basic >> Yahoo images won't show.... I think I figured out why my yahoo images (mail, search, etc icons) won't
show. The browsers (Firefox, IE6) won't connect to
http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com. I've tried allowing them to show the
pop-ups in the Tools>options>content> allowed sites, but still I can't see
the images.
Any ideas why this doesn't work on the desktop pc, but works fine with the
laptop, even though both pc's use winxp sp2?
Thanks

Windows XP390  
 
 
Don





PostPosted: Mon Apr 10 17:06:13 CDT 2006 Top

Windows XP Basic >> Yahoo images won't show.... [Several newsgroups removed]

Hi,
Is it possible that a HOSTS file is blocking this URL? A HOSTS file would
block a URL from all browsers.

To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS file
at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If
there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#) in
front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the HOSTS
file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
More on the HOSTS file at http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and
http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Some1" <some1[at]somewhere.com> wrote in message
news:skr_f.1503$%EMail@HideDomain.com...
> I think I figured out why my yahoo images (mail, search, etc icons) won't
> show. The browsers (Firefox, IE6) won't connect to
> http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com. I've tried allowing them to show the
> pop-ups in the Tools>options>content> allowed sites, but still I can't see
> the images.
> Any ideas why this doesn't work on the desktop pc, but works fine with the
> laptop, even though both pc's use winxp sp2?
> Thanks

 
 
Some1





PostPosted: Mon Apr 10 23:29:55 CDT 2006 Top

Windows XP Basic >> Yahoo images won't show.... THANK YOU VERY MUCH! This has been bugging me for awhile, and I've asked all
over trying to figure this out.
Would you happen to know how this happened in the first place?
Thanks again.
"Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> [Several newsgroups removed]
>
> Hi,
> Is it possible that a HOSTS file is blocking this URL? A HOSTS file would
> block a URL from all browsers.
>
> To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
> Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
> not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS
> file
> at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If
> there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#) in
> front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the HOSTS
> file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
> More on the HOSTS file at http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and
> http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "Some1" <some1[at]somewhere.com> wrote in message
> news:skr_f.1503$%EMail@HideDomain.com...
>> I think I figured out why my yahoo images (mail, search, etc icons) won't
>> show. The browsers (Firefox, IE6) won't connect to
>> http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com. I've tried allowing them to show the
>> pop-ups in the Tools>options>content> allowed sites, but still I can't
>> see
>> the images.
>> Any ideas why this doesn't work on the desktop pc, but works fine with
>> the
>> laptop, even though both pc's use winxp sp2?
>> Thanks
>


 
 
DonVarnau





PostPosted: Wed Apr 12 08:10:02 CDT 2006 Top

Windows XP Basic >> Yahoo images won't show.... Hi,
Sorry... I lost track of this topic. If you did not deliberately download
and install a HOSTS file ( such as http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm )
then you're running a program that blocks ads via a HOSTS file. Spybot S&D
has a HOSTS file (not installed by default- I think) as do some other
ad-blocking, security, privacy programs. Remember you can stop the blocking
of (for example) yimg URLs by putting a # in front of the entry in the HOSTS
file, then click on File> Save.

Don
[MS MVP-IE]

"Some1" wrote:
> THANK YOU VERY MUCH! This has been bugging me for awhile, and I've asked all
> over trying to figure this out.
> Would you happen to know how this happened in the first place?
> Thanks again.

> "Don Varnau" <don_04[at]varnau[dot]org> wrote in message
> news:EMail@HideDomain.com...
> > [Several newsgroups removed]
> >
> > Hi,
> > Is it possible that a HOSTS file is blocking this URL? A HOSTS file would
> > block a URL from all browsers.
> >
> > To check the HOSTS file in Windows XP...
> > Make sure that Windows is showing hidden files and is
> > not hiding file extensions for known file types then check for a HOSTS
> > file
> > at [C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc] Open the HOSTS file with notepad. If
> > there are entries you wish to disable, you can put the pound sign (#) in
> > front an entry to disable it. Then File> Save. Or you can rename the HOSTS
> > file to HOSTS.OLD to disable it.
> > More on the HOSTS file at http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm and
> > http://www.accs-net.com/hosts/

> > "Some1" <some1[at]somewhere.com> wrote in message
> > news:skr_f.1503$%EMail@HideDomain.com...
> >> I think I figured out why my yahoo images (mail, search, etc icons) won't
> >> show. The browsers (Firefox, IE6) won't connect to
> >> http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com. I've tried allowing them to show the
> >> pop-ups in the Tools>options>content> allowed sites, but still I can't
> >> see
> >> the images.
> >> Any ideas why this doesn't work on the desktop pc, but works fine with
> >> the
> >> laptop, even though both pc's use winxp sp2?

 
 
Thota





PostPosted: Wed Apr 12 08:43:48 CDT 2006 Top

Windows XP Basic >> Yahoo images won't show.... check ur hosts file if u have added us.i1.yimg.com in it !
if there pls remove.

path drive:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

"Some1" <EMail@HideDomain.com> wrote in message
news:skr_f.1503$%EMail@HideDomain.com...
>I think I figured out why my yahoo images (mail, search, etc icons) won't
>show. The browsers (Firefox, IE6) won't connect to
>http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com. I've tried allowing them to show the
>pop-ups in the Tools>options>content> allowed sites, but still I can't see
>the images.
> Any ideas why this doesn't work on the desktop pc, but works fine with the
> laptop, even though both pc's use winxp sp2?
> Thanks
>