Re: automatically change from http to https
From: Mike Burgess (winhelp2002_at_spamthis.com)
Date: 03/05/04
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Date: Fri, 5 Mar 2004 15:26:06 -0500
Carl,
Try this:
http://www.verisign.com/advisor/check.html
HTTPS (SSL) Test:
https://www.stanford.edu/group/idg/leland/samples/secure/test.html
Browser Capabilities Test Page:
https://www.cyscape.com/showbrow.asp
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Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/
Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS file
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 03-02-04]
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-- "Carl Kasper" <kaifareast@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:uUeEh1tAEHA.392@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl... > First of all, thanks to both of you for trying to solve this issue. > > - Now, I set the security to default but in vain. No redirection happened. > > - I also made sure that Meta Refresh is enabled in IE but in vain as well. > > After talking to some other friends here, it looks like that everybody using > a specific ISP has that problem. > > Is this possible? Could it be ISP related? If yes, how? Any idea? Carl > > > > > "Robert Aldwinckle" <robald@techemail.com> wrote in message > news:ebsRgKtAEHA.3988@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl... > > > my question is why is my installation auto correcting the link and his > > > not. > > > > You would have to post a URL in order to get a definitive explanation > > but one possibility is that the redirect for the problem link is > implemented > > using META Refresh in which case if the Security option for that > > was disabled that kind of redirect would not work. Sometimes sites > > which use this method of redirect leave you clues that this is being done > > and give you an alternate link for you to click manually but unfortunately > > some don't give you any clue or alternate assist at all. In that latter > case > > in order to proceed you may have to use View Source and construct > > the intended URL yourself. > > > > > > HTH > > > > Robert Aldwinckle > > --- > > > > > > "Carl Kasper" <kaifareast@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:%23ndlaHrAEHA.3024@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > > > Thanks Mike, but the problem is not to display the https:// pages. > > > > > > The scenario is as follows: > > > > > > Somebody sent me a link with http://.... When I click it opens as > > > https://... in Explorer. Great, somehow Internet Explorer check the link > and > > > recognizes that this is not a http but a https site, automatically > corrects > > > the url to https://... and displays the resulting page. > > > > > > But on my friends computer, this same link fails and only displays > correctly > > > when he manually changes http://... to https:// > > > > > > So, my quesiton is why is my installation auto correcting the link and > his > > > not. > > > > > > Any idea. > > > > > > Carl > > > > > > > > > > > > "Mike Burgess" <winhelp2002@spamthis.com> wrote in message > > > news:Obhc35qAEHA.132@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > > > > Carl, > > > > How To: Troubleshoot Situations Where You Cannot Connect to Secure Web > > > Sites > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=303807 (IE 6) > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813444 (XP) > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=261328 (all) > > > > http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=318815 (2K) > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > > > Mike Burgess [MVP Windows Shell\User] > http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/ > > > > Blocking Spyware, Adware, Parasites, Hijackers, Trojans, with a HOSTS > file > > > > http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm [updated 03-02-04] > > > > Please post replies to this Newsgroup, email address is invalid > > > > -- > > > > > > > > "Carl Kasper" <kaifareast@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > news:uRY9OfqAEHA.640@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl... > > > > > Thanks Martin for the quick response. > > > > > > > > > > Actually, my friend has no problem displaying the site when he > > > explicitly > > > > > types https://.... > > > > > The problem was that on mine, even if a link f.ex. in an email shows > > > > > http://... it will change to https:// if required and open without > > > > problems. > > > > > On my friends PC, the link just fails and only displays correctly if > he > > > > > explicitly types https:// > > > > > > > > > > Any idea, > > > > > > > > > > Carl > > > > > > > > > > "Martin C" <MartinC@invalid.com> wrote in message > > > > > news:404861f8$1@baen1673807.greenlnk.net... > > > > > > The URL will change to https when you go to a secure site. For > your > > > > friend > > > > > > maybe this article will help. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cannot Connect to Secure Websites > > > > > > > > > > > > http://windows-help.net/WindowsXP/troub-10.html > > > > > > > > > > > > Hope this helps, > > > > > > Martin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Carl Kasper" <kaifareast@hotmail.com> wrote in message > > > > > > news:O1fwg3pAEHA.2316@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl... > > > > > > > Hello NG, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > on my IE 6 installation, when I follow a http link, it > automatically > > > > > > changes > > > > > > > the URL to https when needed. Now, on my friends computer (also > > > using > > > > > IE6 > > > > > > it > > > > > > > doesn't) but just fails to display. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Any idea what setting in IE6 determines if IE changes > automatically > > > > from > > > > > > > http to https when > > > > > > > necessary. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for any input. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Carl > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
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