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Internet Connectivity Problem
I have trouble connecting to specific websites through specific means. I suspect that the Java update download problem I had earlier was part of it. I use a Rainmeter widget (Rainmeter calls them skins) to display a page from Yahoo! weather, and about a week ago it started frequently showing a blank page. Chrome doesn't seem to have any trouble connecting to the same Yahoo! weather page, and I can successfully ping YW while the widget fails to display the page. Yesterday I downloaded a program and installed it successfully in VirtualBox, but later when I installed it on the host system, it couldn't get a response from the activation server, even though I received a confirmation e-mail each time I retried the installation, so the server was clearly receiving the activation request. Following the advice of a friend, I tried unplugging the router and plugging it back in, to no avail. What else can I do to troubleshoot this issue?