Help Please - can't access youtube.com?

[zehra_y]

Hi Cujo,

Just tried everything I could find on the internet to fix my youtube access issue.
This has been happening since I have been overseas and have had access to youtube blocked by local ISP's and even when I got back to Australia I was unable to access youtube.
The only thing that worked was deleting the millions of entries in C:/Windows/system32/drivers/etc/HOST.file

Your a champion, thanks.

It seems to have added every singe IP that youtube has been on and blocked them with
# block wga

I didnt de-activate the entries just deleted them all and it all seems sweet now.

Thanks again

[zehra_y]

Hi Cujo,
Just tried everything I could find on the internet to fix my youtube access issue.
This has been happening since I have been overseas and have had access to youtube blocked by local ISP's and even when I got back to Australia I was unable to access youtube.
The only thing that worked was deleting the millions of entries in C:/Windows/system32/drivers/etc/HOST.file
Your a champion, thanks.
It seems to have added every singe IP that youtube has been on and blocked them with
# block wga
I didnt de-activate the entries just deleted them all and it all seems sweet now.
Thanks again

[Collard94]

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[funny face]

hi! I have the same problem with youtube, i cannot access it and i tried all the things mentioned above (host, msconfig, deleted cookies) but without success...can someone tell me what else could i possibly try?

[suttonem]

Had the same problem and tried also everything .
The one I finally succeeded with was the suggestion from CujoRbd.
Ping youtube .Go to hosts file and edit this file .
I actually deleted "youtube" out of it , saved file and presto , problem gone.
Thanks a lot.
ms