Hello everyone, first time poster with a bit of a head scratcher. (well for me anyways)
Im trying to access a website via my desktop and i cannot open it, ping it or tracert it. The CONFUSING part is that i can access it via my laptop connected to the same home network. I also tried tor borwser earlier and i can open it on the problematic desktop.

Now i can understand if i accidently blocked the website or something, but this shouldnt prevent me from pinging it, should it?

Both desktop & laptop are using Win7 with internet explorer. Welcome to CH.
Windows 7 does have features to block specific SITES. A site can be blocked by the user, you, or by an security program.
Anyway, it may not mean anything is wrong with either computer.Thanks for the reply, shouldnt i still be ble to at LEAST ping the website? Ive tried it with the firewall switched off without success. Also i was able to view this website less than a month ago. In the event that you have to get to a website there are are workarounds.
For one, the website owner may have the same information on a DIFFERENT site.
Or you may gt what you want in a RSS feed.
As the penultimate resort, your can use a proxy.

But you may want to read up on how Windows 7 blocks websites.
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