Re: IE6 Stops Working, Emails, Ping, Other ports just fine

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From: Steve G (googlegroups_at_digicoast.com)
Date: 10/14/04 

Date: 14 Oct 2004 14:01:51 -0700

> It's not IE. I have netscape installed
> and it can't either. I telnet port
> 80 and it didn't work.

Just posting to let you know that you aren't alone. I get the same
thing -- but only after visiting certain sites, and only with a
certain browser.

Specifically, I am using Opera 7.5 -- and can browse around to most
sites (Yahoo, Google, etc) but EVERY TIME I load some sites (e.g.,
Orbitz.com, TheSmokingGun.com, etc.) something hozes my networking and
after that NO CLIENT (e.g., IE6, Mozilla, Telnet to port 80) can
access port 80 on ANY site thereafter. I don't remember if I tried
443 (https) but I do know that smtp, etc all still work fine even when
going out on 80 no longer functions. Also, with a still functioning
system I can access those same URLs using Mozilla or IE and I don't
have any problem. The combination of Opera hitting Orbitz will always
cause this.

The only way I've resolved it is to reboot and either use anything
other than Opera or continue using Opera (my favorite browser) and
just avoid the sites that have given me trouble in the past. I have
two machines running Win2K Pro and one does this while the other Win2K
machine does not. So something is goofy on my one machine, which I
plan to resolve by reformatting and installing WinXP Pro on.

But it is the strangest thing though, eh?

- Steve

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