Cant access youtube

[Mr Tony]

Anybody run into this issue? I cant access youtube anymore.

When I try it gets hung on "waiting for s.ytimg.com" and wont get past that...wont load up

happens on both FF & IE...didnt change anything on computer lately

any clues?

 

[jwgreen68]

It loads for me. Have you tried turning your firewall off? Maybe your firewall is blocking it.

 

[Mr Tony]

just tried to shut off the firewall through Norton (microsoft one is already off)

same issue.

 

[Pepper]

s.ytimg.com resolves to static.cache.l.google.com. Try running "ping s.ytimg.com" and see what IP address it resolves to for you. This is likely an array of several different servers, and the IP you're getting is unreachable for some reason, but the IP it tells me is a working one. I get 74.125.7.31. If what you get is a different address, run "notepad windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts." and add the following:

74.125.7.31 s.ytimg.com

 

[Mr Tony]

I get the following which is different IP...but I cant open that second link. Says path not specified

I'm not the most computer literate (its vista...need I say more)

 

[Pepper]

well it's answering ping so it's not an issue with connectivity. I don't know what's going on. That's a weird one.

 

[Mr Tony]

I can get to the main page and I can search and it shows thumbnails now

but it wont play a video...have the newest version of flash player too

I tried clearing cookies and still same issue

 

[Mr Tony]

How do I change that address in vista (the notebook thing you posted)

 

[Pepper]

Get to a command prompt, type the stuff between the quotes. then insert the stuff in the code box into the file once notepad opens it. then save and close the file. Actually you might need "C:\" in front of windows so that it says "notepad C:\windows\sys..."

Sorry about that, I learned a long time ago, one of the worst things a computer tech can do is give a syntax error to a non-technical user. Because then you get to spend the rest of the day figuring out why what you recommended didn't work, and how much damage did it cause.

Anyway I expect what you're experiencing is transient and will clear itself up pretty soon.

 

[cybok0]

Do you use ad-block? That might be your problem.

 

[Mr Tony]

Firefox has ad block but that never stopped it before

 

[Mr Tony]

Anyway I expect what you're experiencing is transient and will clear itself up pretty soon.

yep...seems to work tonight

Thanks!