Re: IE 6.0 Does not work

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From: Robert Aldwinckle (robald_at_techemail.com)
Date: 01/04/05 

Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2005 18:48:32 -0500

"Pete & Terrie" <kieperpl@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:PsCdnc1kGIMaakTcRVn-qg@comcast.com...
> Can someone point me in the correct direction. I get the following error
> message when trying to access any web location using IE 6.0.2900:
>
> You have tried to access a page that you are not authorized to display and
> were stopped by the SAS Proxy. First check if the URL you entered was
> actually the exact one you intended to use. If the URL is correct and this
> error reoccurs, then please call Customer Care.

Did you call them? What did they say?

> Give them the URL that you
> are not authorized to access as well as the page sequence you followed to
> get to this point. We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused you.
>
> I am using Netscape 7.2 and it works fine.

That does not mean that IE users may be allowed through.
Perhaps your administrator is blocking IE use deliberately.

> But I need IE to update Norton
> Anti-Virus and load Turbo Tax. It has worked in the past but I am afraid
> that one of the automatic updates may have done something weird.

XPsp2 has a different User-Agent. The proxy may not know it yet.

To see it enter in an Address bar:

    javascript:navigator.userAgent

(Note the capitalization of Agent in the property name.)

>
> Help!!!
>
>

Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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