# Error Screen

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-screen/387605>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 11, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-screen/387605 "2007-01-11T20:35:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-screen/387605/1 "2007-01-11T20:35:15Z")

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Often when I come to SDMB and other links, I get this screen (light blue):

Oops, we can’t open the web page you requested …

- Error Unknown - Unknown error with URL

Please try the following:

Please make sure your computer is connected to internet.

If you have a network firewall installed, please make sure your firewall is not preventing Avant Browser from accessing Internet.

If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly.

Continue your web browsing by searching the web below:

Then I just click on refresh and I get the correct screen. What can I do about this?

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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-screen/387605/2 "2007-01-11T22:02:23Z")

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Hello… Anybody home?

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-screen/387605/3 "2007-01-11T22:04:32Z")

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Sorry, I was burying a hampster.  
I get timeout errors, both on a T1 and with my satellite inter connection.  
I think there’s a lot of use.

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**Author:** ![robcaro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@robcaro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robcaro)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-screen/387605/4 "2007-01-11T22:05:52Z")

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[QUOTE=carnivorousplant]  
Sorry, I was burying a hampster.  
I get timeout errors, both on a T1 and with my satellite inter connection.  
I think there’s a lot of use.  
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Thanks… I thought there must be a plausible reason.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-screen/387605/5 "2007-01-11T22:12:32Z")

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Hey, others will be here shortly to give other explanations. It may be Nazi groundhogs or Bill Clinton or somethin’.

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/error-screen/387605/6 "2007-01-11T22:19:01Z")

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Around 4 PM I find the connection craps out briefly. Is something getting updated then?