Ebay won't let me sign in

Hi,
What I get when I try is this page which shows search results:
http://www.ebay.com is
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=www.ebay.com&ei=utf-8&fr=b2ie7

Then when I click on the first entry of Ebay's website I get this message:
"Internet Explorer cannot display web page". Sometimes when I do a search
for an item it lets me in to Ebay but never lets me sign in to bid on
anything. This computer used to in the beginning though.

I have already tried your suggestions of deleting temporary internet files,
passwords, offline content, history and cookies. The last thing for me to do
is try the power down you suggested which I will try as soon as I can and
also will try the DNS Cache you also suggested. Will let you know what
happens. Thanks for your reply. LAnnW

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> Is there an error message?
>
> Can you connect to http://www.ebay.com ?
>
> From Internet Options> General, try clearing the Temporary Internet Files,
> History, Cookies and (if you have passwords recorded elsewhere) Passwords.
>
> Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem, router,
> computers.
>
> Try clearing the DNS Cache
> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
> ipconfig /flushdns
> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> [MS MVP- IE]
>
> "LAnnW" <LAnnW.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2BCA8400-9248-47B5-A206-6B4E49D44DDB@microsoft.com...
> > I cannot seem to sign into my Ebay account on my computer but every other
> > computer lets me. I have tried everything from installing IE7 to Mozilla
> > Firefox. Ebay will not even open. I checked the SSL on my internet
> options
> > tab. I even did an update install of my Windows XP installation disk.
> The
> > only thing I can think of next is to reinstall XP as if it were being put
> on
> > for the first time. Any other suggestions before I do this? I used to be
> > able to get on Ebay on my computer.
>
>

This sounds like something is blocking outgoing access to www.ebay.com -
such as a proxy server, or firewall. Have you got something like Zonealarm
or Norton Internet Securuty running that you might have inadvertently
blocked access to ebay.com with?

Dan


LAnnW wrote on Sun, 3 Aug 2008 13:24:01 -0700:

> Hi,
> What I get when I try is this page which shows search results:
> http://www.ebay.com is
> http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=www.ebay.com&ei=utf-8&fr=b2ie7

> Then when I click on the first entry of Ebay's website I get this
> message:
> "Internet Explorer cannot display web page". Sometimes when I do a
> search for an item it lets me in to Ebay but never lets me sign in to
> bid on anything. This computer used to in the beginning though.

> I have already tried your suggestions of deleting temporary internet
> files, passwords, offline content, history and cookies. The last thing
> for me to do is try the power down you suggested which I will try as
> soon as I can and also will try the DNS Cache you also suggested.
> Will let you know what happens. Thanks for your reply. LAnnW

> "Don Varnau" wrote:

>> Hi,
>> Is there an error message?

>> Can you connect to http://www.ebay.com ?

>> From Internet Options> General, try clearing the Temporary Internet
>> Files,
>> History, Cookies and (if you have passwords recorded elsewhere)
>> Passwords.

>> Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem, router,
>> computers.

>> Try clearing the DNS Cache
>> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
>> ipconfig /flushdns
>> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.

>> Hope this helps,
>> Don [MS MVP- IE]

>> "LAnnW" <LAnnW RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:2BCA8400-9248-47B5-A206-6B4E49D44DDB@microsoft.com...
>>> I cannot seem to sign into my Ebay account on my computer but every
>>> other computer lets me. I have tried everything from installing IE7
>>> to Mozilla
>>> Firefox. Ebay will not even open. I checked the SSL on my internet
>> options
>>> tab. I even did an update install of my Windows XP installation
>>> disk.
>> The
>>> only thing I can think of next is to reinstall XP as if it were
>>> being put
>> on
>>> for the first time. Any other suggestions before I do this? I used
>>> to be able to get on Ebay on my computer.

Nope, I don't have Zonealarm or Norton Internet Security. What I do have is
McAfee Internet Security Suite 10-in-1 protection but I only had regular
McAfee when this first happened in 2006. I checked all firewalls and still
nothing. I was thinking maybe if I reinstalled Windows XP and start all
over, would it work? I am quite stumped. Thanks.

"Daniel Crichton" wrote:

> This sounds like something is blocking outgoing access to www.ebay.com -
> such as a proxy server, or firewall. Have you got something like Zonealarm
> or Norton Internet Securuty running that you might have inadvertently
> blocked access to ebay.com with?
>
> Dan
>
>
> LAnnW wrote on Sun, 3 Aug 2008 13:24:01 -0700:
>
> > Hi,
> > What I get when I try is this page which shows search results:
> > http://www.ebay.com is
> > http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=www.ebay.com&ei=utf-8&fr=b2ie7
>
> > Then when I click on the first entry of Ebay's website I get this
> > message:
> > "Internet Explorer cannot display web page". Sometimes when I do a
> > search for an item it lets me in to Ebay but never lets me sign in to
> > bid on anything. This computer used to in the beginning though.
>
> > I have already tried your suggestions of deleting temporary internet
> > files, passwords, offline content, history and cookies. The last thing
> > for me to do is try the power down you suggested which I will try as
> > soon as I can and also will try the DNS Cache you also suggested.
> > Will let you know what happens. Thanks for your reply. LAnnW
>
> > "Don Varnau" wrote:
>
> >> Hi,
> >> Is there an error message?
>
> >> Can you connect to http://www.ebay.com ?
>
> >> From Internet Options> General, try clearing the Temporary Internet
> >> Files,
> >> History, Cookies and (if you have passwords recorded elsewhere)
> >> Passwords.
>
> >> Shut down (power down) everything for a few minutes- modem, router,
> >> computers.
>
> >> Try clearing the DNS Cache
> >> Start> Run> cmd [enter]
> >> ipconfig /flushdns
> >> Then clear the Temporary Internet Files and restart.
>
> >> Hope this helps,
> >> Don [MS MVP- IE]
>
> >> "LAnnW" <LAnnW.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:2BCA8400-9248-47B5-A206-6B4E49D44DDB@microsoft.com...
> >>> I cannot seem to sign into my Ebay account on my computer but every
> >>> other computer lets me. I have tried everything from installing IE7
> >>> to Mozilla
> >>> Firefox. Ebay will not even open. I checked the SSL on my internet
> >> options
> >>> tab. I even did an update install of my Windows XP installation
> >>> disk.
> >> The
> >>> only thing I can think of next is to reinstall XP as if it were
> >>> being put
> >> on
> >>> for the first time. Any other suggestions before I do this? I used
> >>> to be able to get on Ebay on my computer.
>
>
>