On 29-5-2014 13:13, Doctor John wrote:
> Oh, bugger! Not good.

Indeed. Thanks John for attempting the rescue.

>
> 1. First see if you can access Google using one of these:
> 	64.233.160.0 - 64.233.191.255
> 	66.102.0.0 - 66.102.15.255
> 	66.249.64.0 - 66.249.95.255
> 	72.14.192.0 - 72.14.255.255
> 	74.125.0.0 - 74.125.255.255
> 	209.85.128.0 - 209.85.255.255
> 	216.239.32.0 - 216.239.63.255
> In general, one of these ranges should work. If you can access Google
> this way, then:

None of the ranges connect to Google. :-(

>
> 2. Check your HOSTS file using Notepad.exe or some other plain text
> editor. HOSTS has no extension and can be found in the
> C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc folder. Don't forget to make hidden and
> system files visible first.
> If there is any line containing google.com, delete it and save.
> Restart your machine and try to access Google in the normal manner.

I checked nonetheless and found no mention of google.com in the hosts 
file. Only general comments on use. To be complete, I checked the other 
files in the folder and no google.com mentioned.

>
> Report back with the results

Well, here I am ;-)
Maybe of no importance: Win7, Mozilla Firefox and Thunderbird. All using 
latest updates etc as far as I know.

Thomas

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