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    Dead end forum with my stationary..?

    My stationary computer has been broken a while and now that I have got it running and log on to clubvr4.com I seem to have come to a dead forum..?

    What I mean is that I am the only person logged in and that no threads/replies have been written for several weeks..

    I clearly see the difference with my laptop (which I'm using now)

    I still get the emails about new replies in the threads that I am subscribed to, but when I click the link, I come to a page that says that the thread does not excist. Or I get to the thread but the last reply is several weeks old..

    I know I changed some info a while ago when there were some issues with not getting access to the site.. I wonder If that could be the cause..? I have deleted all cookies also.
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    Press CTRL + F5 and try it again

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    funny had this the other day when the server changed
    but with help from nutty john remebered what i did possibly
    this is for XP and did work
    folder path
    windows
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    open files with word or notepad and delete clubvr4 address or change it
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    Yep have a look in the lmhosts or hosts file for an old entry to the old server ip address

    new one should be 209.85.50.6

    quick check to do first is open a command prompt and type

    nslookup www.clubvr4.com

    you should see some thing like this
    nslookup www.clubvr4.com
    *** Can't find server name for address 172.16.1.1: Non-existent domain
    *** Default servers are not available
    Server: UnKnown
    Address: 172.16.1.1

    Non-authoritative answer:
    Name: www.clubvr4.com
    Address: 209.85.50.6


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    you could try opening up a cmd, and typing ipconfig /flushdns ?
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    Ok, that seems to be the problem.. changed the adress in the hosts file, but still the same problem.. Is there anything else I need to do after changing to the correct address?

    Hmm, I can't save over the hosts file only save it as hosts.txt .. It says that the file could not be created, check that searchpath and filename are correct.. And all I did was open up the file in notepad and change the IP and then try to save it..

    also tried "ipconfig/flushdns" in cmd but still the same problem with the site..
    Last edited by Kalle; 21-08-2006 at 03:13 PM.

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    Any idea on why I can't save the "hosts" file?
    what kind of ending should it have? .txt is it not! right?

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    As I recall, it's one of those files that has *no* entension, I'm pretty sure.

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    The files located here - C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

    but i don't think thats it..

    Take you have cleared cookies, and temp internet files?

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    Still no slution to why I can't save over my files...

    Will try to delete my files completely and copy the ones from my laptop, hope that works
    Last edited by Kalle; 27-08-2006 at 10:14 AM.

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    what files are you reffering to?
    did you try to delete internet cache etc?

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    I referred to the hosts and lmhosts files.

    I have tried deleting both cookies and all other temporary internet files, still not working..

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    Do I need to be in some kind of administrator mode to be able to save over the files?? Tried to change the settings, but apparently I failed..

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    Hi Kalle - yeah as these are system files then you need admin rights to update them

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