Windows blocking HTTP sites

Can you log out from your account on both computers and then log in on the "faulty" one only and let us know if anything changed?

When I reported the original issue I was was only using the one machine and the other was closed down. It was only switched on to check if the fault was on both systems - which it isn't.

The desktop with the the 'same' build as the laptop wont allow HTTP, whether the laptop is logged on or whether it is logged off and switched off, yet the laptop always allows HTTP.

Hi @wimorrison,
Have you tried a tracert to see where the failure occurs?

OAT said:

Hi @wimorrison,
Have you tried a tracert to see where the failure occurs?

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Nope, because a ping to the sites results in instantaneous response as shown earlier

wimorrison said:

Nope, because a ping to the sites results in instantaneous response as shown earlier

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Please execute a traceroute and pipe it to a text file and post it here.

C:\Windows\System32>tracert yamorc.de

Tracing route to yamorc.de [62.221.252.142]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms vodafone.broadband [192.168.0.1]
2 5 ms 6 ms 5 ms 84.65.0.1
3 * 7 ms * 63.130.172.41
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * 14 ms ae2.3201.ear3.Amsterdam1.level3.net [4.69.203.102]
6 28 ms 13 ms 13 ms ASTRALUS-B.ear3.Amsterdam1.Level3.net [213.19.205.114]
7 14 ms 14 ms 14 ms 185.107.214.42
8 111 ms 56 ms 66 ms xe-8-3-0-3247-ar-138-b16-6.ams02.cldin.net [185.187.12.175]
9 14 ms 14 ms 14 ms vserver443.axc.nl [62.221.252.142]

Trace complete.

As you can see, nowt wrong with it, at least nowt that I would see as being wrong

The IP Apache is functioning normally is the message I get when using their IP directly.

Can you try this please: Close all browsers, would you add this line to the hosts file in C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc
File has no extension and may be hidden but can be edited with notepad.
Add the line:
62.221.252.142 yamorc.de
then do IPconfig.exe /flushdns
Try to get to the site again .

wimorrison said:

When I reported the original issue I was was only using the one machine and the other was closed down. It was only switched on to check if the fault was on both systems - which it isn't.

The desktop with the the 'same' build as the laptop wont allow HTTP, whether the laptop is logged on or whether it is logged off and switched off, yet the laptop always allows HTTP.

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Thanks for the explanation.
I misunderstood you - I thought you were working on both computers interchangeably and that both of them were connected to the same user account. My fault.
I'm giving up as I'm not that knowledgeable about computers. I hope someone more competent will give you a hand, good luck.

1. Have you performed a Clean boot following Freebooter's suggestion?
2. Has this problem appeared immediately after a fresh installation of Windows?

Do you have an email client on the "faulty" machine and if so can you send/receive mails without trouble?

No problems with any other software or websites, just HTTP

I was able to get around this on a site-specific basis (in Vivaldi). Until they get their act together and start using https, you might try typing an "s" after the http - i.e., instead of http:\\... make it https:\\... This needs to be repeated each time you return to the site.

1. Do you have any custom DNS resolver for the LAN? (ipconfig -all / DNS servers - check it!)
2. I know this is a very naive question, but have you recently restarted the computer (to clear the connections between your web browsers and the router)?
3. Open Firefox while pressing and holding the Shift key to disable (among others) all the addons and now check the incriminated :) pages.
4. Have you performed a clean boot just to load the most essential components of the OS?