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CG_Gurl80 Member Sexy Bitches 486 Posts 1/05	Posted - Jan 28 2006 : 3:57AM This is by far the most baffling ordeal that I have ever encountered on the internet. Any help in resolving this issue will be greatly appreciated. I'm a member of BushDVD and for the past few days I have not been able to access the site at all. The strange thing is, every other website works! At first I thought Bush was having some technical difficulties, but this problem has persisted for the past three days now, plus others that I've chatted with have been able to get on it with no problem. Any conspiracy theories that I had brewing are moot because they have been emailing me and letting me know that they are shipping my next movies. But not being able to access the site really sucks for obvious reasons. I've cleared my browsing history, deleted all cookies, deleted temp files and even tried using Opera to see if that would help. Nada. Why the heck does every website work except for BushDVD? Makes no sense at all to me. EDITED TO ADD- The message i'm getting is "The connection has timed out." Edited by - cg_gurl80 on Jan 28 2006 [Link]
threesomebody Official BlowBang Judge Would you like my autograph? 2491 Posts 12/04	Posted - Jan 28 2006 : 7:39AM Reset your router and see what happens. I had this happen with a site once, for no explanation, and that seemed to fix it. Another time, the same thing occured and resetting the router didn't fix it, but updating my firmware did. [Link]
oatmeal Meat Popsicle Seeking Beauty 1738 Posts 8/04	Posted - Jan 28 2006 : 10:35AM Do you use norton internet security, windows firewall or something similar? Odd stuff like this is usually firewall related. [Link]
CG_Gurl80 Member Sexy Bitches 486 Posts 1/05	Posted - Jan 29 2006 : 6:13AM I'm using Zone Alarm as a firewall and I've tried tweaking the settings to no avail. This really is extremely puzzling... every site works normally except for Bush. There is absolutely no reason for this and it is quite apparent that this may have no resolution. I may have to cancel my Bush account because of this. I've really enjoyed the service, I can't understand why this would happen. It's a shame if I have to cancel under these circumstances but enough is enough. [Link]
de25ge Member yes I'm virilis 954 Posts 11/05	Posted - Jan 29 2006 : 8:29AM CG_Gurl80 wrote: I'm using Zone Alarm as a firewall and I've tried tweaking the settings to no avail. This really is extremely puzzling... every site works normally except for Bush. There is absolutely no reason for this and it is quite apparent that this may have no resolution. I may have to cancel my Bush account because of this. I've really enjoyed the service, I can't understand why this would happen. It's a shame if I have to cancel under these circumstances but enough is enough. Click to expand Sometimes Zone Alarm crashes and makes funny things have you tried to ping bush ? ping www.bushdvd.com ping 206.215.235.158 In the windows command menu? if you use windows of course. [Link]

oatmeal Meat Popsicle Seeking Beauty 1738 Posts 8/04	Posted - Jan 29 2006 : 9:47AM A) Try temporarily shutting down zonealarm, closing your browser, clearing your internet cache, then try going back to www.bushdvd.com and see if that works. B) to ping in windows xp: 1) select run from the start menu 2) type cmd and press enter 3) type ping www.bushdvd.com C) any kind of content protection turned on trying to block adult sites? D) Windows Firewall is confirmed turned off? E) Pop Up Blocker? F) What programs are running? Perhaps one of them are causing the mystery? This would be a good time to use RealVNC to connect to your PC to see the problem with my own eyes. [Link]
Jacco All-Star Member "liable to deprave and corrupt" 2673 Posts 5/04	Posted - Jan 29 2006 : 11:21AM On another board I visit somebody complained that the last automatic update of ZoneAlarm screwed up a lot of things. He suggested either get rid of ZoneAlarm (which was what he did and proved to be a nightmare btw), or don't use any version over v5 and disable the auto update feature. Jacco [Link]
Hardware All-Star Member Your other left 14594 Posts 3/02	Posted - Jan 29 2006 : 1:35PM I'm using the latest version of ZoneAlarm (6.1.737.000) and it isn't giving me any problems. [Link]
Redish Poetic Moderator Long and Cursive road to the Ivory Pagoda in the province of Loraine 4076 Posts 12/03	Posted - Jan 29 2006 : 2:21PM My ZoneAlarm is also working fine. [Link]
CG_Gurl80 Member Sexy Bitches 486 Posts 1/05	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 6:22AM I pinged BushDVD like you guys suggested and ended up with four "Timed Out" responses. 4 packets sent, all of them lost. I even uninstalled Zone Alarm, cleared my cache and rebooted. Nothing. I don't have any unusual programs running in the background, just my anti-virus and my browser. Windows firewall is turned off. I can access the rest of the web just fine but BushDVD won't even load. This is beyond frustrating. I'm all out of ideas but thanks for the feedback so far guys. I really want to get to the bottom of this but nothing makes sense. [Link]
de25ge Member yes I'm virilis 954 Posts 11/05	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 6:29AM CG_Gurl80 wrote: I pinged BushDVD like you guys suggested and ended up with four "Timed Out" responses. 4 packets sent, all of them lost. I even uninstalled Zone Alarm, cleared my cache and rebooted. Nothing. I don't have any unusual programs running in the background, just my anti-virus and my browser. Windows firewall is turned off. I can access the rest of the web just fine but BushDVD won't even load. This is beyond frustrating. I'm all out of ideas but thanks for the feedback so far guys. I really want to get to the bottom of this but nothing makes sense. Click to expand Which ISP are you using? University? [Link]
CG_Gurl80 Member Sexy Bitches 486 Posts 1/05	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 6:34AM Comcast. Or better yet, Comcrap. They charge me a ridiculous amount. Just thinking about it makes me want to kick them in the balls. I'm connected through their Cable Modem, USB style. [Link]
de25ge Member yes I'm virilis 954 Posts 11/05	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 6:42AM try to surf bushdvd over a proxy like http://ieproxy.com/ [Link]
CG_Gurl80 Member Sexy Bitches 486 Posts 1/05	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 7:08AM Hey I can actually see the website using the IEproxy. It's slow and the graphics take forever to load but I am able to at least see the site. Nonetheless, this is still dumb. I cannot get on without using a proxy. And it's way slow compared to how fast other pages load. Thanks de25ge, for the temporary solution. But I still want a permanent solution to this problem. Any further help will be appreciated, thanks. [Link]
de25ge Member yes I'm virilis 954 Posts 11/05	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 7:23AM CG_Gurl80 wrote: Hey I can actually see the website using the IEproxy. It's slow and the graphics take forever to load but I am able to at least see the site. Nonetheless, this is still dumb. I cannot get on without using a proxy. And it's way slow compared to how fast other pages load. Thanks de25ge, for the temporary solution. But I still want a permanent solution to this problem. Any further help will be appreciated, thanks. Click to expand It seems that your ISP is not delivering you the website, I doubt bush has blocked your IP, because you normally could ping them. here links with other proxies link choose a secure one for password things...maybe you'll find a faster one Edited by - de25ge on 1/30/2006 7:24:31 AM [Link]

oatmeal Meat Popsicle Seeking Beauty 1738 Posts 8/04	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 7:34AM you could try doing a trace to see where along the route you're being blocked. [Link]
Flash Golden Age Classic 11018 Posts 5/01	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 10:56AM That's weird, I tried loading Bush DVD since I am through Comcast (via my own cable modem) and have no problem loading the site. [Link]
CG_Gurl80 Member Sexy Bitches 486 Posts 1/05	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 8:03PM Looks like the saga has finally come to an end. For some inexplicable reason, I am now able to access BushDVD after days of unnecessary contravention. Thank you to everyone who made an effort to help me extract a solution. Let's just hope that this doesn't happen again. It still remains one of the most unusual obstructions of porn rental rights in internet history. [Link]
threesomebody Official BlowBang Judge Would you like my autograph? 2491 Posts 12/04	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 8:40PM I also use a cable modem and had the identical problem. If it happens again, don't simply disregard my suggestion. [Link]
oatmeal Meat Popsicle Seeking Beauty 1738 Posts 8/04	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 9:08PM threesomebody wrote: I also use a cable modem and had the identical problem. If it happens again, don't simply disregard my suggestion. Click to expand disregard? Are feeling neglected or ignored? Do you need some luvin? How about you bring your plastic prong on over to my place? I've had times when my wireless router needed a patented 3SB strap on attack but my cable modem hasn't had a problem for years. Why CG_Gurl80 had a problem with a lone site is beyond me. [Link]
threesomebody Official BlowBang Judge Would you like my autograph? 2491 Posts 12/04	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 9:27PM oatmeal wrote: threesomebody wrote: I also use a cable modem and had the identical problem. If it happens again, don't simply disregard my suggestion. Click to expand disregard? Are feeling neglected or ignored? Do you need some luvin? How about you bring your plastic prong on over to my place? I've had times when my wireless router needed a patented 3SB strap on attack but my cable modem hasn't had a problem for years. Why CG_Gurl80 had a problem with a lone site is beyond me. Click to expand Don't be a smart ass, buckwheat. It doesn't become you. And it's not beyond me. [Link]
oatmeal Meat Popsicle Seeking Beauty 1738 Posts 8/04	Posted - Jan 30 2006 : 9:34PM [:P)] [Link]
Loraine Senior Member 1559 Posts 3/04	Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 12:36AM Gurl - glad you got that sorted. Can I sneak in a little question that may or may not be related - Over the last few days using the latest version of Firefox on my swanky new Mac, I can get Mr Comstock's site up -- comstockfilms.com but can't open his blog page -- all other pages open as usual. It works fine in Safari and on my PC I can open the page in Firefox. Any clues gratefully received - ta. Should I try the router reset? [Link]
de25ge Member yes I'm virilis 954 Posts 11/05	Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 12:52AM Loraine wrote: Gurl - glad you got that sorted. Can I sneak in a little question that may or may not be related - Over the last few days using the latest version of Firefox on my swanky new Mac, I can get Mr Comstock's site up -- comstockfilms.com but can't open his blog page -- all other pages open as usual. It works fine in Safari and on my PC I can open the page in Firefox. Any clues gratefully received - ta. Should I try the router reset? Click to expand I tried my Firefox on PC version 1.5 On my PC it doesn't work too, it's possible that this site has some formatting errors. Intelligent browsers are able to display pages with errors, but some are not. The fun thing is, when I open the url http://www.comstockfilms.com/blog/ and download the html page with right-click-save and open it from the harddisk it works.. Edited by - de25ge on 1/31/2006 12:55:22 AM [Link]
Redish Poetic Moderator Long and Cursive road to the Ivory Pagoda in the province of Loraine 4076 Posts 12/03	Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 2:25AM Loraine wrote: Over the last few days using the latest version of Firefox on my swanky new Mac, I can get Mr Comstock's site up -- comstockfilms.com but can't open his blog page -- all other pages open as usual. It works fine in Safari and on my PC I can open the page in Firefox. Any clues gratefully received - ta. Should I try the router reset? Click to expand I have never been able to look at TonyC's blog thru Firefox either. IE works fine, just not the cunning Fox. Bermuda Triangle perhaps, or maybe a furry triangle? [Link]

oatmeal Meat Popsicle Seeking Beauty 1738 Posts 8/04	Posted - Jan 31 2006 : 8:46AM I created a new Tech Talk thread for Tony's Blog problems here Loraine, there is a workaround. [Link]