Safari Fails to Open Page- Cannot Establish Secure Connection

I am using Safari at my home comuputer (Dell, Windows XP. I recently installed it within the past two weeks. Just this Sunday, I noticed that there are several pages that I haven't been able to view and the same message "Safari can’t open the page “https://cavs.bpcc.edu/” because it couldn’t establish a secure connection to the server “cavs.bpcc.edu”" pops up, except it uses the current URL.
I have to open it in Internet Explorer to view it. What's the deal? I tried looking at my security settings.

I have the same problem on my macbook. Happens for certain sites.
I get the same or similar message from safari and opera.
It doesn't happen on my imac, which is sitting on the same wireless network.
Any ideas please?

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Have you tried Safari in an other user account if not do so please.
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