Can't "Sign In" to certain sites

So I woke up this morning and can no longer "sign in" to

paypal
ebay
MY WEBSITE.....*gasp* which is yahoo small business

I am pretty sure I havent done anything different between going to bed last night and waking up this morning...

Any ideas...I am running XP home and using IE.

TIA
TRIE

 

if you are using a router then try resetting the internet connection

 

Ooh Ooh
Yeah.
Hubby has his connection with wireless so we have a router.

I must say as well we had some wicked storms which knocked out service for 12 hours or so, and THIS is how things were when it all came back one, which of course was between last night when I signed off for the night to this afternoon.

By re-setting do you just mean unplug everything, wait for a bit then plug it all back in??

 

Well.........When i reset my router i go in to the router config and then press restart and let it do its thing but it is basicaly the same as un plugging it and then plugging it back in.

 

Power off cable/dsl modem, router and PC.

Power on in this order:
Cable/dsl modem
wait 30 seconds
Router
wait 30 seconds
PC

 

did that, still doesnt work...

When i tried to sign into my yahoo website main page it said...
The browser you're using refuses to sign in. (cookies rejected)

UGH, what on EARTH did i do....I am not normally this sense....

still cant sign into the other sites I had mentioned

On a different note....hubby hasnt had internet connection on his lap top either. He is the one using the wireless router...

what on earth happened?? LOL

TIA once again

TRIE

 

wow, um....anyone with anymore ideas...

not being able to get into these sites is really annoying LOL

TIA

 

For Microsoft IE 6.0: select the menu “Tools” -> "Internet Options". Under the tab of “Privacy”, move the slide to “Medium High” or “Medium”.

 

Have you tried using Firefox as your browser??

 

Have you tried bypassing your router and plugging directly into your cable modem? I'm assuming you have cable modem. If you had a storm you may want to see if something happened to your router.

 

I have generally heard before that modems let lightening or electrical surges through them sometime sdamaging the router, the modem or both.