Heck, I can't even log in with IE. I have to use Firefox. I haven't changed anything on my system (and can log in fine over at JU).

Fairyy~, if you or anyone else is sent to the page that only shows the Poll, please let us know here.  This error is not showing up 100% of the time, so is difficult to track down.

IE shuts down constantly - not sure whats going on with that but I use FF .

also Fairyy~, you mentioned (in another thread) that the when you get a watch email on a thread, clicking on the link will open IE and then clost it.  If you still have the email, could you forward it to me?

Fairyy~, if you or anyone else is sent to the page that only shows the Poll, please let us know here. This error is not showing up 100% of the time, so is difficult to track down.

It just happened to me when I signed in a few minutes ago. What is it you need me to show you ? The addy in the browser that im being taken to ?

also Fairyy~, you mentioned (in another thread) that the when you get a watch email on a thread, clicking on the link will open IE and then clost it. If you still have the email, could you forward it to me?

I have 2 of them but not sure if I even clicked on those .....ill go sign out and try them.

If you still have the email, could you forward it to me?

Im trying to find an email addy to forward you this Dean - but when I click on your name it says " View profile " Email dean " etc but it will not give me an email address - nothing happens. Ill send it when you lt me know where to mail it to..my email is :
WWW Link

Fairry~ click dean's username in the last reply he made. A popup menu will open. Click 'Email dean183'. You'll be taken to an email user page.

I have tried it several times..when I click on " email dean " I see a ------- this type of broken lines appear in a box around the words like a depressed link - but im not taken anywhere. Maybe it wont work in FF. But he emailed me his addy so all is well.

I do the same thing as Bicher to log in  

I have tried it several times..when I click on " email dean " I see a ------- this type of broken lines appear in a box around the words like a depressed link - but im not taken anywhere. Maybe it wont work in FF. But he emailed me his addy so all is well.

oh btw - its not just deans user name that wont work for me - its everyones. Anytime I click on the " email user " nothing happens - im not taken to any page to get an email addy .

The Log in and being taken to the WC vote continues for me also...but its just a matter of hitting back button and hit log in again - always works on 2nd try.

uh...the same thing happens to me at home, but not at work...when I log in from work I get the homepage, at home when I log in I get the poll, and no matter what I click on, I'm staying right there until I hit the back button. Once this is accomplished, I'm logged in.

Ok- im not even getting the WC poll question 90% of the time anymore - but at least that was quicker than this.

I logged out - cleaned coookies and cache so i could recreate this again. The URL is
https://www.wincustomize.com/
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8:14 am
URL : https://www.wincustomize.com/
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Trace route took until 8:19 to complete and im still not logged in
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Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Karen>tracert www.wincustomize.com

Tracing route to www.wincustomize.com [38.99.229.8]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 * 3767 ms 3189 ms ipt-rtcb10.dial.aol.com [152.163.5.42]
2 3700 ms 3047 ms 3289 ms iptfarmb-rtc-ve3.proxy.aol.com [152.163.104.62]

3 2938 ms * 1725 ms wc1-rtc-ae1.router.aol.com [172.30.81.27]
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 3678 ms 3185 ms 3188 ms pop1-ash-S0-2-0.atdn.net [66.185.139.101]
6 2725 ms 3069 ms 3259 ms bb1-ash-P0-0.atdn.net [66.185.144.192]
7 3483 ms 3169 ms 3209 ms pop3-ash-P2-0.atdn.net [66.185.136.5]
8 3519 ms 1783 ms 1803 ms Verio.atdn.net [66.185.140.242]
9 * 2060 ms 1232 ms p6-2.core01.iad01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.12.
17]
10 2635 ms 2237 ms 3579 ms v3491.mpd01.iad01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.5.3
4]
11 2986 ms 3120 ms 3749 ms v3497.mpd01.dca01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.5.6
5]
12 3269 ms 2958 ms 3191 ms t9-4.mpd03.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.6.14
1]
13 1891 ms 1653 ms 591 ms g13-0-0.core02.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.
5.233]
14 1441 ms 920 ms 1714 ms p14-0.core02.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.8
6]
15 2644 ms 2074 ms 3430 ms p15-0.core01.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.6
1]
16 3122 ms 3761 ms 2627 ms p2-0.core01.ord04.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.5.2
10]
17 1949 ms * 3336 ms g3-2.hc01.ord04.atlas.cogentco.com [204.6.150.34
]
18 2247 ms 2356 ms 2788 ms startdock-corp.demarc.cogentco.com [38.99.207.12
2]
19 2351 ms 2396 ms 2446 ms 38.99.229.8

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\Karen>
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Logged in finally at 8:23 am
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log in took 9 minutes.

That's a really poor connection. Dialup perhaps? Either way, starting from your location you're getting extremely high hop times.

The tracert reports really arent nessesary any longer (please stop posting them). I've forwarded the thread to the person in charge of wincustomize at the moment.

Based on teh data you've provided us, it's plain as day that your ISP is having a very difficult time reaching our servers. It may not have the same issue with other servers located throughout the world. It could be a routing issue, it could be temporary. Either way I would definately contact your ISP and provide them with the same data so that they can investigate why the hop times from your location to our servers are so high.

That's the first thing I would do in your situation, based on nearly a decade troubleshooting network connectivity.

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