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    really weird problem with google/youtube

    thank you - can you explain what you mean to change to google dns (how to do it?) - that i do not understand
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    really weird problem with google/youtube

    Update : went to security.google.com on my IPad and it had "suspicious logins" from my home IP address. I clicked "this was me", they all turned green. When I get home I will see if everything works but this seems to me to be very likely.
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    really weird problem with google/youtube

    thanks, tried 3g and 4g on ipad, both work fine, same provider. maybe i should switch the sims and see if that works have tried 3 browers - chrome, firefox, and explorer - no good will try the provider in any case and thanks for the ideas so far
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    really weird problem with google/youtube

    Hmm, possibly but I think it may not be that a) I'm using the same provider on my Ipad, just a different SIM and it works fine b) Other websites banned on the Wiki page are fine (facebook and wordpress for example)
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    really weird problem with google/youtube

    Further information - I CAN use google and youtube if I turn on a VPN program called Hotspot Shield that makes it seem like I'm browsing from the USA Given that my wife can't use it on her Mac either I wonder if my IP is blocked? Google is not banned in HK for sure, and I'm able to access...
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    really weird problem with google/youtube

    thanks, just to be clear - even though only I have this issue and no one else it's unlikely i can do anything? Do you think there is any chance the have banned my IP? By the way - I updated Java and Flash - didn't help. D/L Google chrome - doesn't work with that either. It's not...
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    really weird problem with google/youtube

    thanks very much but im still confused as to what to do? reinstall internet explorer?
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    really weird problem with google/youtube

    YouTube too tho. Does google own YouTube?
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    really weird problem with google/youtube

    Hi, Really desperate. I have a 4G account with a local provider (I livein HK and am out of the city so only other option is DSL) For some reason I cannot access google, gmail or youtube anymore on my home network. I can access it from my IPAD 3G with the same provider but different...
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    New system posts but won't boot Windows

    one more thing getting an error on boot something like "soundmax cannot find the correct driver you may have to reinstall soundmax" I'm using realtek from the new mobo - I dont think i have used soundmax - i used a creative XFi card on the previous mobo that i am not using now. How do i...
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    New system posts but won't boot Windows

    thansk again for all the help. I was really stumped.
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    New system posts but won't boot Windows

    will do - i assume i do not want IDE?
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    New system posts but won't boot Windows

    thanks changing sata to IDE fixed everything Super help guys, thanks
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    New system posts but won't boot Windows

    thanks gents "Have you tried running RAM tests? " have no but have tried different stick configs and get same error no matter whether I use one or two sticks or either one "Did you change your sata controller from IDE to AHCI or the other way around? " I changed it to AHCI - should i...
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