Thanks for your help.


"Stinger" wrote in message
...
Several ISP "acclerator" programs also cache popular websites on their own
servers, eliminating "hops" to the actual website. I have no experience
with Earthlink's, but I'll bet it created a hostfile pointing to their
cached pages. If you still want to use their program, you can easily edit
the host file in Notepad. Simply search for "yahoo" and delete any entry
that contains it.

Glad to hear you got it figured out, Jim!

-- Stinger

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
nk.net...
Actually, I DID (looking ashamed) install Earthlink's "accelerator". I
found that when I dis-able it, Yahoo groups work fine. It works by
compressing all graphics. Maybe the POP-UP crap doesn't like it...



"Stinger" wrote in message
. ..
Hmmm. That makes things a little simpler.

Have you added an "ad blocker" or a custom "hosts" file lately (like
this
one: http://www.everythingisnt.com/hosts.html or the one in Kazaa
Lite )?

If so, it probably has Yahoo's IP listed in the file, which would 404
that
page. I've seen them filter all of MSNBC as well.

In my XP Pro box it's in Windows/system32/drivers/etc

(Or you could just use the built-in "roll back" function in the System
Restore utility).

-- Stinger

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
nk.net...
Good guess, Stinger. Wrong, but a good guess anyway. I hadn't even
thought
of that. I ran Ad aware and Spybot but they both said I was clean.
Still
working on it though. This has me baffled...



"Stinger" wrote in message
...
Jim,

That sounds a LOT like the behavior caused by spyware. Very
likely,
there's
an advertising pop-up timing out, which is derailing the whole
process
of
loading your page.

Spyware is specialized software that unscrupulous advertisers
launch
on
your
computer. Usually, it tracks your browsing and "phones home" so
they
can
target specialized ads at you, based on the information they
collect
about
your interests. The worst spyware actually downloads ads to your
computer
and will show them to you periodically, sometimes even if you're
not
on
the
net!

Depending upon your browser settings, you could download the
spyware
from
something as simple as a malicious ActiveX script embedded in a
web
page,
however it is usually found bundled with "free" software like
"Download
Accelerator" or various games.

The good news is that it's easy to find out if your computer has
spyware.
A program called "Ad Aware" from Lavasoft is probably the best. A
free
version (with no spyware!) is available he

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download.php?det=506

When you run it, it will search your files and registry for any
keys
to
known spyware and list them for you. You can then tell it to rid
your
system of the spyware. It will create an "undo" file, then purge
the
spyware.

-- Stinger

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
ink.net...
I'm finding that my XP machine, that I use 99.9% of the time,
keeps
getting
"page not found" errors.
When I log on with my Linux machine, it's fine. Obviously my
end...
"Diverd4777" wrote in message
...
In article
t,
"Jim
Hackett"
writes:


Is there a problem with the Yahoo groups tonight, or is it
on
my
end?


- what problem(s)
- try rebooting & waiting 60 seconds then firing it up again