BAW Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 When i type www.google.com into the adress bar in either Firefox or IE6, it automatically changes it to www.google.co.uk I cant figure out why? and cant get to the .com site! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolCatBad Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Have a look ar your HOSTS file, with Notepad C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\HOSTS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdparm Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 www.google.co.uk/en :) then it's all english - edit forgive me my noobness in england they also speak english I'm a dumbass sometimes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambience Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 If you live in the UK (I'm assuming you are), I think you get re-directed to the .co.uk site. It happens here in Aus, I get directed to .com.au. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAW Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 I always was able to view google.com I dont understand what to do with the host files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mujjuman Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 with the hosts file, delete everything and paste this: # Copyright © 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.# # This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows. # # This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each # entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should # be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name. # The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one # space. # # Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual # lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol. # # For example: # # 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server # 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host 127.0.0.1 localhost hmm, before u do that, just post what u have in your hosts file. also, do u use a version of Windows from the UK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celestialspring Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 a much easier way out: type: www.google.com/ncr and from next time you won't be redirected to google.co.* cs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashy Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 www.google.com/ncr (No Crappy Redirect) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyder2k Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 IP address filtering for server load balancing i guess ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mujjuman Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 www.google.com/ncr(No Crappy Redirect) 586507686[/snapback] lol, nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAW Posted September 11, 2005 Author Share Posted September 11, 2005 Ah thats fixed it! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel Posted September 11, 2005 Share Posted September 11, 2005 Moved here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julius Caro Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Don't you have a Link in your google.co.uk that says something like "Google.com in English"? Mine does. It's the /ncr thing that has already been pointed out, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hankyone Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 yea, you just had to click that link and thats it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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