Re: Accessing some URLs

From: Semper (bajan_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 12/29/04 

Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:26:41 GMT

To all that wonder why "page cannot be displayed" :
You do not state what firewall you are using
If you are using a firewall that has a privacy setting
that may be the reason why you have the result "page cannot be
displayed" or IE is slow to find the URL or display it.
The same problem has been bugging me since I upgraded my eTrust
firewall.
I have read every post on this issue and cleaned all my spy and adware
with everything that was reccomended.
Still there was no joy till I tweaked my firewall settings.
Believe me I have little hair left!!!
I hope this helps.........

On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 22:33:02 -0800, "Laura"
<Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>I too am having the same exact problem, and I also connect via dsl. I have
>tried every fix I have seen on the net, the one I saw that you refer too said
>to change yes or no to auto but it still didn't fix mine. I am running
>windows 2000, and I agree it does get very old after a while.
>
>"Howard" wrote:
>
>> For a month, my 6.0 IE browser can't access certain URLs,
>> altho it performs fine on most. Unfortunately, the URLs I
>> can't access are vital to my business. I've checked out
>> the URLs on another computer--no problems accessing on the
>> other machine. I uninstalled IE and reinstalled, but no
>> effect. A lengthy procedure given me by MSN interactive
>> support (follows below) didn't work either. Any possible
>> solutions? Thanks in advance, Howard.
>>
>> Penny: It happens sometimes when the particular file which
>> is used to communicate with that particular server and
>> your computer is corrupted. You need to re-register it. I
>> will provide you the steps.
>> Click on Start and select Run.
>> Type regsvr32 softpub.dll and click on ok.
>> Please provide space regsvr32 and softpub.dll
>> Please provide a single space between regsvr32 and
>> softpub.dll
>> Now you need to optimize your browser settings. I will
>> provide you the steps.
>> 1. Click Start, click Settings, and then click Control
>> Panel. 2. Click Internet Options.
>> 3. On the General tab, click Delete Cookies in the
>> Temporary Internet Files section. 4. When you are prompted
>> to confirm, click OK. 5. Click Clear History. 6. When you
>> are prompted to confirm, click OK.
>> 7. Click Delete Files. 8. Select the Delete all offline
>> content check box, and then click OK. 9. Click Settings.
>> Penny 10. Adjust the The amount of disk space to use
>> setting to 10 MB. 11. Click View Files. 12. When the View
>> Files window appears, press CTRL+A to select all the
>> files, and then press DELETE. 13. When you are prompted to
>> confirm, click Yes, and then close the window.
>> 14. Click OK to close the Settings dialog box. 15. Click
>> the Security tab. 16. Click the Internet icon.
>> 17. Click the Default Level button if it is available, and
>> then click Apply. Repeat this for the Restricted, Trusted,
>> and Local Intranet zones. 18. Click the Privacy tab. 19.
>> Click the Edit button. If the sites appear under Managed
>> Web sites, click Remove All in the Per Site Privacy
>> Actions window, and then click OK.
>> 20. Click the Default button if it is available, and then
>> click Apply. 21. Click the Connections tab. 22. For each
>> item that is listed under Dial-up and Virtual Private
>> Network settings, follow these steps: a. Select the item
>> (the connectoid), and then click Settings. b. Clear all
>> the check boxes, and then click OK.
>> 23. Click LAN Settings. 24. Clear all the check boxes, and
>> then click OK. 25. Click the Advanced tab. 26. Click
>> Restore Default, and then click OK.
>> Penny: I have finished sending you the troubleshooting
>> steps.
>>
>>

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