Forum:I cannot access any Wikia wiki from my personal computer

For the past couple of months, I have not been able to load Wikia pages from my personal computer. Any other computer can connect to Wikia using the same connection, so I know it has something to do with this specific computer and not my LAN or WAN connections. So far, I have tried:


 * Flushing the DNS with ipconfig /flushdns.
 * Checking the hosts file.
 * Pinging the wiki I am trying to connect to (the ping always succeeds, no packet loss).
 * Trying to load the wiki across multiple browsers and clearing the cache, site data, etc. from each browser, to no effect.
 * Disabling my firewall.

I am at the end of my rope and can think of nothing more to fix this problem. I miss editing my wikis, and it feels almost like being banned. All help appreciated. –PatPeter 09:56, November 5, 2012 (UTC)


 * Special:Contact/bug might be your best bet.— 10:02, November 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * Since this seems to be an issue on his end, I doubt S:C would help. What OS are you on? 1358  (Talk)  10:06, November 5, 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, but they can help in troubleshooting.—


 * Perhaps something you installed is filtering web accesses, or something upstream is. Try using a proxy server (or web proxy site) -- 65.92.181.190 11:50, November 6, 2012 (UTC)


 * I'm aware that it is a problem with my personal computer, and no, I do not want to use a proxy. I just want to be able to go back to editing normally. For instance, do you know of any problems that would be filtering web access? Also, I'm on Windows 7. –PatPeter 10:02, November 17, 2012 (UTC)