>Hello! About a week ago, I lost my ability to view certain websites. They
>ranged from www.thatvideosite.com to http://www.wingchun-sf.com/. There
>doesn't appear to be a pattern to what I can and cannot access. 
>
>I get a "This page cannot be displayed" message. This is a very recent
>thing; I had been viewing these formerly accessible websites daily. I'm at a
>loss as to what caused it.
>
>Though I did download that nasty little piece of work "Software Distribution
>Service 2.0" at around the same time I could no longer view the websites, I
>reformatted my entire hard drive to rid myself of it and reinstalled Windows
>XP. I still cannot access the websites, though I did regain my ability to
>play games online.
>
>Thanks for any help.

"Michael L" <Micha***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FA6A3752-B5EE-4C7A-9E2D-397EEB9CC146@microsoft.com...
> Hi Chuck, I tried both your pages.
>
> I went to the DNS test and pinged thatvideosite by URL and IP. Both times
> I
> experiences a time out with 100% packet loss. Not really sure what to make
> of
> that.
>
> I went to the MTU page and downloaded Dr.TCP. However, I'm not sure what
> to
> do with it. I tried accessing the "Annoyances" page off the MTU page but I
> can't get to it. Then I went to a page that talked about tweaking it off
> DSLReports but the instruction acted as though I had a satelite modem when
> I
> have DSL.