Comments on: YouTube error - we’re sorry, this video is no longer available

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:35:11 +0000

That’s a great Vista tip, Thanks Constance.

By: Constance Gilleland

Constance Gilleland — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 01:03:12 +0000

Hi. My daughter is having the same problem with YouTube videos. We’ve isolated the issue to Vista’s parental controls. When I turn off controls, she can see the videos in any browser. When I turn them on (medium setting), she can’t view ANY youtube videos. I’ve tried various configurations of custom settings to no avail, so we’ve had to disable parental controls on her computer.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:58:08 +0000

Hi Bob,
I remember the PIV, it was notoriously slow. All you can do for that is get more RAM, as much as your system will allow, up to 2GB. Throw out the old sym. UNINSTALL NORTON and all that other stuff except AVG. Get the full version and enable the firewall. If you want a good registry cleaner get Advanced Windows Care, it also has a startup utility (if you don’t like msconfig.exe) If you want a good defrag tool get Smart Defrag. Make sure windows and office are up to date. Short of getting a new system, that’s about it.
All The Best
Jim

By: Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 06:32:02 +0000

Hi Jim.

My machine: P-IV 2 GHz, 512 megs Ram, with minimal open programs.

I ran a virus scan as per your suggestion above to others, and was shocked to find it said I DO have viruses!

I’m running:
1) AVG (up to date, scans set to “deep” (slow).
2) COMODO DOClean.
3) CCleaner (”Crap” Cleaner) (Run weekly)
4) MS Pop-up stopper (set to stop ALL pop-ups)
5) Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
6) Spybot Search and Destroy
7) A-Squared
NetLimiter Pro
9) SUPERAnti-Spyware
10) Spyware Blaster
11) Norton Systemworks Systems Utilities - Disc Doctor and Windows Doctor run regularly. (Note I do not use Norton Anti-Virus as it is resource-heavy).

I have NO “add-ons” running on my web browser (tool bars, etc), and all “service packs” are all up to date.

Yet the machine takes FOREVER to run, and especially start applications, change from one window to another, etc.

The Internet activity icon shows activity each and every time I run ANYthing, yet AVG, and previously NOD32 and Norton Anti-Virus never show any viruses.

I am at a loss why this machine is sooooo slow, and now why these “latent” viruses: Bck/VB.XB, JS/Kak.Worm, plus a number of “Tracking Application”, “Dialer”, “Joke”, and “Adware” all showed up when I ran an on-line virus-scan using your suggested Panda Security check.

HELP!!

Thanks,
Bob

By: Meghann

Meghann — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:09:37 +0000

Thanks for all the help. The problem has been resolved. I don’t know exactly what fixed it because I was just trying everything but I can now view videos on youtube just fine.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:27:15 +0000

Meghann, packet loss is lost data that needs to be re-transmitted. Many times the cause is from outside sources too. You can also try logging into your router and checking its log file. You may find that an outside system is spamming your network. This happens allot from say a neighbors laptop that has a virus and is trying to gain access to you wireless network. This causes your router to become overloaded, initiating the packet loss.

By: Meghann

Meghann — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 18:07:56 +0000

I’m doing the scan as I type this. If it’s a virus I know what to do but if its not a virus then its obviously defective equipment? Which equipment? And what exactly is packet loss?

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:13:18 +0000

In the case where an entire site has the same issue like that Meghann, typically it’s from packet loss due to excessive retransmission. It’s possible that you have either defective equipment or a system with a virus. You could try a free online virus scanner like the one at pandasoftware.com

By: Meghann

Meghann — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:23:17 +0000

Hey there! I’ve been having this problem just recently and it came out of no where! I was on Youtube watching videos just fine before work and when I came back most of the videos wouldn’t load and gave me that blasted message.

I don’t have Google Web Accelerator.

I really don’t want to switch browers but I will if its my last resort. I’ve uninstalled flash and reinstalled it. I’ve checked to see if my firewalls block content from Youtube and its all good.

On a side note: All of the computers/laptops in my house have the same problem. Does that mean this is a network problem? And if so, how do I fix it? Do I do something with my router or modem? Do I call my internet provider? What if I connect to a different a different network? I know many of my friends do not have this problem.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:36:54 +0000

I see you are in the UK Robert, all I can suggest is to try viewing during non peak hours or giving AOL video a shot. A 3rd party virus scan like that over at pandasoftware.com might help too.

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:31:54 +0000

I HAVE NOT USED Goggle accelerator nor want to BUT I cannot see 99% of youtube videos on MULTIPLE PCs all XP sp2 plus a mac osx and tried MULTIPLE browsers.

I have tried IE7, Safari, Firefox, Opera and Flock all up to date. I have uninstalled Flash.
I have call my ISP and then cannot see any reason why, nor have any blocks on my account

PLEASE HELP ME ………

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:16:18 +0000

Steve, I suppose anything is possible but installing Flock did not change my or anyones DNS and it did fixed the problem. That open source DNS server has nothing to do with ‘open fetch slots’ as alleged over at techxiety.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:56:39 +0000

turning off Google Accelerator didn’t work for me. i changed dns as shown in http://www.techxiety.com worked for me. i’ll try flock next.

By: bharat

bharat — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 11:40:49 +0000

Yes Goggle accelerator was the problem for me. turning it off was the fix, i was so frustrated that one time I almost restored my comp
thanks again guys

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Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:44:03 +0000

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By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 16:17:30 +0000

FYSer, Leo, you more than likely have connection/network issues. You could try viewing through AOL Video.

By: Leo

Leo — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 03:25:11 +0000

I was facing this error - We’re sorry, this video is no longer available on IE, then I switched to Firefox and finally to FLock…but unfortunately the error persists
Does this mean that my internet service provider is blocking out video stream?

By: FrustratedYouSer

FrustratedYouSer — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 02:31:55 +0000

I am having the same problem and no it is not Google accelerator because I’ve never used it. Plus it’s not my connection because it used to work fine with exactly the same modem/router and a different PC. It stopped with my new PC which I suspect means there is software or a setting on here that is not on the other.

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:46:46 +0000

Happy to help Tom, Liz.

By: Liz

Liz — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:39:30 +0000

OMG! Thank you so much for the Flock tip! I can finally, finally (after weeks of searching for a tip) watch ALL videos on youtube once again! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 05:30:00 +0000

Thanks for the tip. I downloaded Flock and everything works now.

I love how Flock hooks into YouTube, not to mention Facebook and Gmail! A web 2.0 browser for a web 2.0 world…

By: Frank

Frank — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:27:37 +0000

I have 5 web browsers on 2 different PC’s in tha same house. Both systems had the same problem with the error. When I tried Flock I had no problem at all. One browser would say ‘we’re sorry this video is no longer available ‘and Flock would play it just fine at the exact same time.

By: Kaine

Kaine — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:06:22 +0000

I don’t think it’s connection issues.
I just got a new computer and I have been getting this problem. I don’t have the Google Web Accelerator. it just suddenly stopped working.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:30:03 +0000

You could have connection issues Jay

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 30 May 2008 02:12:05 +0000

I get the same problem - but I don’t have google accelerator - never have.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 22 May 2008 17:10:03 +0000

thanks so much with the google accelerator tip. been frustrated by this for weeks! completely resolved the problem.

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:47:00 +0000

Happy to help Lisa.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:06:57 +0000

Thanks everyone!
All that reloading and the problem was google accelerator!

Lisa

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 13 May 2008 14:56:31 +0000

That’s a great tip guys thanks. One more piece added to the puzzle. Seems in your case YouTube AKA Google, really is acting like Microsoft with one part not working with another. I’m sorry to say that didn’t work for me. I was getting the error in Safari and Opera as well as FF and IE. Go FLOCK!

By: jesse

jesse — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:38:55 +0000

If you have Google Accelerator, turn it off. It’s creating a conflict with YouTube giving you the errors.

By: chuck in austin

chuck in austin — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:47:32 +0000

As of May 12, 2008.

I was having no luck with youtube. almost all videos had that same expression. even my own!

Turn off your google accelerator!

It solved my problem.

go figure