Cannot sign in to my google account.

Chaga · 11-24-09, 01:38 AM

Hello everyone.
First off I would like to apologise if this is being posted in the wrong forum. I just registered and am fairly new here.
It's been almost 5 days now that I cannot sign in to my google account from my office laptop.
All I get is:

The connection has timed out
'The server at www.google.com is taking too long to respond.'

I can easily access my account from my phone, home PC, or any other PC at the office.
The problem is specific to my laptop.
The weird part is, that I can access all google sites (google.com, news.google.com etc...), but I just cannot sign in.
That happens to any browser I use (Firefox, IE8, Chrome), and whether I am logged in on the Network, or locally as Admin.
As soon as I click Sign In from any of their sites or my Google toolbar, I get the timeout error

Am really stumped, and so is our IT guy...
Can anyone shed a light to what is happening?
Thanks.

Chaga · 11-24-09, 03:34 AM

Nevermind peeps, was able to finally locate the problem.
Had to do with a corrupt hosts file.
Thanks and sorry for wasting anyone's time (:

jake_ie8team · 11-24-09, 05:21 PM

This might solve the problem in Internet Explorer 8: How to solve web mail issues in Internet Explorer 8 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967894

- Jake

MSFT Internet Explorer Outreach Team

11-24-09, 01:38 AM	#1
Chaga Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	Cannot sign in to my google account. Hello everyone. First off I would like to apologise if this is being posted in the wrong forum. I just registered and am fairly new here. It's been almost 5 days now that I cannot sign in to my google account from my office laptop. All I get is: The connection has timed out 'The server at www.google.com is taking too long to respond.' I can easily access my account from my phone, home PC, or any other PC at the office. The problem is specific to my laptop. The weird part is, that I can access all google sites (google.com, news.google.com etc...), but I just cannot sign in. That happens to any browser I use (Firefox, IE8, Chrome), and whether I am logged in on the Network, or locally as Admin. As soon as I click Sign In from any of their sites or my Google toolbar, I get the timeout error Am really stumped, and so is our IT guy... Can anyone shed a light to what is happening? Thanks.

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11-24-09, 03:34 AM	#2
Chaga Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 2	Nevermind peeps, was able to finally locate the problem. Had to do with a corrupt hosts file. Thanks and sorry for wasting anyone's time (:

11-24-09, 05:21 PM	#3
jake_ie8team Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1	This might solve the problem in Internet Explorer 8: How to solve web mail issues in Internet Explorer 8 - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/967894 - Jake MSFT Internet Explorer Outreach Team