Unable to access YouTube

DoubleDown · #1 08-23-2006, 05:04 PM

havent been able to visit the site for the past 2-3 days.
have tried both firefox and int explorer, but neither seem to work.
any suggestions?

DoubleDown · #2 08-25-2006, 11:42 AM

anybody?

TheTROLL · #3 08-25-2006, 12:15 PM

From a command prompt, type

ping www.youtube.com

and post the results.

In the meantime, there's always www.xtube.com

DoubleDown · #4 08-25-2006, 12:25 PM

pinging www.youtube.com [XXX.XX.XXX.XXX] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping Stats for XXX.XX.XXX.XXX:
Packets: Sent = 4, Rec'd = 0, Lost =4 <100% loss>

TheTROLL · #5 08-25-2006, 01:23 PM

Not sure why you're hiding the numbers, that's kind of the whole point. Is it 208.65.153.241?

smartalecc5 · #6 08-25-2006, 04:26 PM

lol, they're not trying to hack you... they're trying to help you...

kyleb · #7 08-28-2006, 03:08 AM

Open up the HOSTS file (search for 'hosts' and open it with notepad), see if there are any lines in there blocking YouTube. If so, delete them all.

DoubleDown · #8 08-28-2006, 10:51 AM

kyleb,

i could only find 2 sample versions of the "Hosts" file --

"# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol."

i made sure that my search was checking hidden/system folders as well. is there a specific place i can find this file?

IndyGuy · #9 08-28-2006, 03:13 PM

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i could only find 2 sample versions of the "Hosts" file --
...
i made sure that my search was checking hidden/system folders as well. is there a specific place i can find this file?

[/ QUOTE ]

C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc

DoubleDown · #10 08-31-2006, 03:55 PM

update: didn't get a chance to follow-thru with IT here. didn't mess around with any other settings on my computer. didn't really do much of anything.
but YT started working for me again yesterday.

thanks for all the advice.
-dd