Problems with website.

[Dan208]

I've been having some problems with SMD lately. A little over a month ago I was on here, and for some reason the site just stopped working. I thought maybe it was a problem with the site itself, but after a week I kept getting a "Oops, Internet Explorer could not connect" message. I tried three different browsers on my computer but none of them worked. I cleared out all my history, cookies, etc, and even went as far as reinstalling my OS. I also tried my wife's laptop, but that didn't work either. I reset the router and also tried going directly through the modem, but those also failed. I was in contact with my ISP about a half a dozen times over this period, but they couldn't figure out the problem either.

Then last week, out of the blue, it started working again. This lasted for about 3 days and it stopped working again (on both computers). I was finally able to access the site through a proxy, but it's missing a lot of features (smilies, etc) and I get pop-ups every time I click on something.

Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be? Is it me, my ISP, or SMD?

[CaptainzPlanetz]

What browser are you using, I used to have problems with IE but then I switched to Google Chrome, and the problems went away.

[Dan208]

What browser are you using, I used to have problems with IE but then I switched to Google Chrome, and the problems went away.

I've tried IE 7 & 8, Firefox and Google Chrome. None of them worked.

[G_skillz81]

SMD Mobile quit working for me about a week ago....I get one of the regular skins whenever I try to log on from my HP IPaq - kills the traffic completly.... Mozilla works great at home though, haven't tried IE in a while (that went all crooked after the new engine)

[Guest DC Power Kyle]

might be a DNS issue. try using the DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 more info here: http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

[keepinitloud]

might be a DNS issue. try using the DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 more info here: http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

havin the same problem a while back this ^^^^^^ worked for me

[Dan208]

might be a DNS issue. try using the DNS servers 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 more info here: http://code.google.com/speed/public-dns/

Ok, I'm a computer noob so this might seem like a dumb question, but if I do this on my desktop will it have any effect on my wife's laptop?

[melonhead]

Ok, I'm a computer noob so this might seem like a dumb question, but if I do this on my desktop will it have any effect on my wife's laptop?

No, changing dns servers on the computer will only affect that computer.

[cubs_fan0718]

i was having a connection issue also awhile back, i ended up using my ad-aware and it found a attachment of some sorts well it got rid of it, and i only have had to do it once more since that time but i havent had that problem since. I'm also using IE (i think its 7)

[Dan208]

No, changing dns servers on the computer will only affect that computer.

Thank you.

I've run two different malware/adware programs and neither one helped, but thanks for the suggestion.