Unable to Reach ISP's Web Page (only?)

Reset your clock, it's not August yet.

 

You ain't gonna believe this but ......

I have NO idea how my clock got advanced by a MONTH, but resetting it
somehow fixed the problem described below. <boggle>

Thank you, News.

 

I was able to recreate the problem by setting my computer to any date
forward of today. Setting it back, however, doesn't seem to have any
effect.

Comcast customer's be warned: You MAY not be able to reach www.comcast.net
if the date on your machine is inadvertantly set to the future. I wasn't.

In my case, it happened because I was checking the calender the other day to
see if I was available for a party my sister was throwing on the 17th of
August.

Evidently, I hit "apply" before reverting back to July, and that's when my
troubles began. I didn't even notice my date was wrong until "News" pointed
it out to me.

The thing is? I never would have thought that only the Comcast website
would be a problem.

Maybe because they use Flash, and constantly update stuff? I dunno.
Anyway, thanks. ... And all you Comcast customers should put this in your
"personal" memory.

 

What Comcast customers?
[snip]

 

Oh, I dunno. Maybe me and a few others for whom Comcast is the only game in
town (broadband-wise)?

 

I thought you were meaning someone here, at this group.
I haven't seen too many here.

 

Nope. I wasn't directing the "fix" at anyone in particular, and I don't
make a habit of looking at (complete) headers unless the need arises . I
know by mostly lurking here that folks are more than willing to help.

My only intention upon posting the "fix", was that perhaps one of you
regulars would make a note of it, and maybe offer it up to some other poor
Comcast soul who damn near took some pretty drastic measures towards his own
machine.

That's all.

 

Got 'cha. Thanks.

[snip]

 

Speaking of time, it's /not/ August yet.

--
Mr. Trevor Fourie.
WesBank Limited.
7 Girton Road, ParksTown, Johannesburg,
2193, South Africa,
Republic of South Africa.
Email:

 

You're welcome.

IMO? It was the very least I could do.

I only wish more people who post with problems here, would report back on
their progress, fixes, or lack thereof.

This way, we ALL learn!

I mean? How stupid do I feel right now? I came within one newsgroup reply
of re-installing my OS/network only because my friggin' CLOCK was wrong!

Seriously. I was THAT close. That's how frustrated I was.

And to think I always thought those, "you're posting from the future"
messages were just petty bullshit. How WRONG was I?

Live and learn.

 

I agree.

Hehehe. It happens! Most think of the worst when things happen.

Yup! And that's one of the reason's I like this group. The large
variety of Q & A and all the stuff in between.

 

The worst part of the (almost) reinstall would have been ....

I would have entered the correct time and date when prompted by WindowsXP to
set up my little network again, and everything would have worked fine. And
being none-the-wiser? I would have blamed Microsoft for the problem I
inadvertantly created *myself* by advancing my own damn calender without
realizing it.

 

[snip]

Things like that happen all the time. Luckily you 'time' was really
on your side.

 

Suddenly? I'm in mind of the Rolling Stones.

Then again? I'm old.

 

Time isn't on our side! But it's been a fun trip...

 

No complaints here. (So far)

I think it's a lot like the infamous, "they" say;

"If you can remember the '60's, you weren't there."

Luckily? I was a "child of the '70's.

So I'm impervious to your "trip", no matter how long and/or strange it may
have been.

 

....it was fun... ;o)

 

I don't see anything... in any _place_.

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