Reload not working 1

[noblehill]

Hello! Could anyone help me to solve a weird problem:

One workstation at my office has a browser issue: a web page visible to everyone inside our vpn is not visible to any user using the workstation with the problem. The problem started when the web page itself on the server was renewed and published. Every other workstation with any browser installed updated the page and displayed it correctly.

The problem child has WinXP Pro as operating system, IE6 and Firefox 1 installed as browsers. I have scanned and cleaned the system with AdAware, Spybot and HijackThis. Virus scan is active, operating system has been updated. I have cleaned all history data, cookies, temp files (both browsers and Windows temps) on every user profile with no luck.

Only one page is causing trouble: it cannot be reloaded or refreshed, the old version comes up every time for every user profile. Every other web page is displayed and refreshed just fine. Oh brother...

 

[bcastner]

Did you clean the temporary internet files cache?
Start IE, Tools, Internet Options, General tab, Temporary Internet Files. Clean both cookies and files.

 

[noblehill]

Yes, I did. Cleaned from all user profiles stored.

 

[bcastner]

Look at the HOSTS file.
C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc

You can use notepad to view the file.
It should look like this:
[tt]
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# 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.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

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[noblehill]

Thank you, bcastner, I found the solution you had written in thread608-830309, propably while you had to go through trouble writing the same thing over here. It worked!

 

[bcastner]

Good news.

Best Holiday wishes,
Bill Castner