gmail issues

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I hope this is the correct forum to put this in, as nothing really seemed to apply to my particular problem. If this is in the wrong forum then I apologize, and please feel free to move it to the correct one. About a week ago I had to do a system restore, nothing major, only went back a couple of days. Now however, for some reason I find myself unable to access certain google webpages including www.google.com and more importantly gmail.com. I use both of these often and would really like to be able to use them again. They both working on the day the restore point I used to restore my system and I have not at this point noticed any other websites that I am unable to access. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Message Edited by SightandSound on 11-06-2005 01:15 AM

ceri sheeran · Answer

Hi,

If you are using Internet Explorer, try clearing all temporary internet files.

Check your Filewall & security settings to see if either site has been blocked.

Exactly what error message do you get.

Please advise computer model &series,

Operating System and to which updates / service pack levels,

Try a different browser, Firefox or Opera.

hth

Ceri

DoubleDaffy · Answer

Yes, give us all your computer specs. But most importantly tell us what virus protection/firewall you are using because they are usually the programs that would inhibt what websites you can view. Certain firewalls DO NOT WORK properly with gmail as I myself use it. It took me a lot of work to be able to use it with EZ armor (which is terrible by the way so don't use it if you can avoid it)
Best Regards~Justin

jmwills · Answer

G-Mail works juts fine with IE and the XP firewall in the default configuration.  The easier thing to do would be add www.mail.google.com to your trusted sites.

SightandSound · Answer

Great, thanks everyone. Somehow I've magically got it working again and I'm hoping it stays that way.

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