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Originally Posted by Toxsick Kitty
Thanx for the link. It looks complicated... 
Why is it then that I can reach all my other sites except for this one??
Any chance of a quick explanation in layman's terms?
If I have a go and it goes wrong, will I mess up the rest of my internet connection? 
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If you have no proxy specified in your browser's options, it will use your local proxy "transparently".
Sometimes they don't work very well - maybe for every site you try, maybe for just one or two. (mine currently doesn't work v well for CableForum! So I've changed it to another for the moment)
If your local transparent proxy doesn't seem to be working very well, you can change your browser options to manually specify a different proxy - it usually helps, & don't worry, it won't screw anything up.
If it's no better, then all you need to do is remove it & try another.
It's not too complicated. You just need to pick a proxy from
HERE & enter it into your IE options, as detailed in Stu's thread I linked earlier
This page explains proxies, & how to change them, in more detail:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...trancache.html
Also, I see from your location that you're in Manchester. There is a rather large thread in the Broadband Support & Discussion forum all about problems with the Manchester proxies:
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=9008
EDIT: I've
moved this to the
Broadband Support & Discussion forum. It may make sense I guess for it to later be merged with the "Manchester Proxy problem" thread, if that is the problem.
EDIT 2: Or could it be a DNS problem rather than a proxy problem?
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...me.html#tshoot
(Kitty - if it's a DNS problem rather than a proxy problem,
Stu's Thread I linked to earlier also has details on changing DNS)