"Internet Explorer cannot download"

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From: Michael (mailmikebrown2_at_yahoo.co.uk)
Date: 03/17/04 

Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2004 14:34:20 -0800

Whenever I attempt to download a file (exceptions -
Microsoft updates work OK), rightclick on a link and
use "Save Target As" or click on a link that
requires Acrobat, RealPlayer, or any other non-IE
software to open (possible exception - where the player
is embedded into the IE window, eg BBC Broadband news), I
get the following error message:

"Internet Explorer cannot download [...] from [address].

Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet
website. The requested site is either unavailable or
cannot be found. Please try again later."

I have IE6 with SP1, and "Do not save encrypted pages to
disk" is unchecked in Tools/Options/Advanced/Security,
which would be a potential source of a problem like this.

I have AVG running, but this hasn't caused any problems
before. I have also tried out a range of IE security
settings.

Please help! I posted this before without response, and
have put some more information in this posting.

Thanks

Michael

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