I know some here also visit the Escapees Forum.I have not been able to get on since last night.Any one have any information on this?
bjoyce said
12:07 PM Jun 28, 2011
Escapees.com is also down so it looks like their internet is down since they run both servers in house. I wish I knew what was going on but I am sure they are working on it and am not going to call to find out.
Racerguy said
12:11 PM Jun 28, 2011
Thanks Bill,just wanted to be sure the problem wasn't on my end somehow.I did a Windows update and it messed up a bunch of stuff.
bjoyce said
12:15 PM Jun 28, 2011
Racerguy wrote:
I did a Windows update and it messed up a bunch of stuff.
I do Windows updates all the time on both XP and Win7 and everything is working for me. IE9 did change a bunch of things.
Racerguy said
12:22 PM Jun 28, 2011
I have a Vista machine running Firefox,first time this happened.It just changed some default settings on my Homepage related to hometown news and local weather.
bjoyce said
01:43 PM Jun 28, 2011
Racerguy wrote:
I have a Vista machine running Firefox,first time this happened.It just changed some default settings on my Homepage related to hometown news and local weather.
I hate that. All the major players feel they own your machine and make these kind of changes. Somehow a Google Earth update also installed Chrome and made it the default browser and getting everything set back right was a mess. Don't get me started on iTunes. Firefox hasn't messed me up yet, but they are the little guys when compared to Microsoft, Google and Apple. Internet providers like Comcast and Verizon can be just as bad. A guy came to the helpers at an Escapade since he thought his notebook was working on wifi. Turns out his DSL provider had set his home page to something that only displayed if he was on DSL, otherwise it failed. Easy fix, change his homepage.
Anyway Escapees is still unavailable and I have tried both Hughes.net satellite internet and a Verizon aircard.
Too bad it is wet here in Seaview, WA, otherwise I would be outside doing something.
-- Edited by bjoyce on Tuesday 28th of June 2011 01:46:50 PM
Bill Adams said
03:38 PM Jun 28, 2011
I have had no access to Escapees all day. I am using Win7 and IE9 with all the available updates so it's not a browser/W7 issue.
Racerguy said
03:50 PM Jun 28, 2011
Just got on at 2:45 p.m Pacific time.
Bill Adams said
04:25 PM Jun 28, 2011
Yup, things appear to be working again.
bjoyce said
04:30 PM Jun 29, 2011
An update on what happened from a report on the forum. The Telco station south of Escapee's headquarters was broken into by copper thieves and a bunch of copper wire was stolen. I remember being in a campground in Las Vegas a few years back and asked why the street lights were out next door and the answer was copper thieves.
I know some here also visit the Escapees Forum.I have not been able to get on since last night.Any one have any information on this?
Thanks Bill,just wanted to be sure the problem wasn't on my end somehow.I did a Windows update and it messed up a bunch of stuff.
I do Windows updates all the time on both XP and Win7 and everything is working for me. IE9 did change a bunch of things.
I have a Vista machine running Firefox,first time this happened.It just changed some default settings on my Homepage related to hometown news and local weather.
I hate that. All the major players feel they own your machine and make these kind of changes. Somehow a Google Earth update also installed Chrome and made it the default browser and getting everything set back right was a mess. Don't get me started on iTunes. Firefox hasn't messed me up yet, but they are the little guys when compared to Microsoft, Google and Apple. Internet providers like Comcast and Verizon can be just as bad. A guy came to the helpers at an Escapade since he thought his notebook was working on wifi. Turns out his DSL provider had set his home page to something that only displayed if he was on DSL, otherwise it failed. Easy fix, change his homepage.
Anyway Escapees is still unavailable and I have tried both Hughes.net satellite internet and a Verizon aircard.
Too bad it is wet here in Seaview, WA, otherwise I would be outside doing something.
-- Edited by bjoyce on Tuesday 28th of June 2011 01:46:50 PM
Just got on at 2:45 p.m Pacific time.