Re: HTTP bad HTTPS good - cannot find server

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From: Jan Il (abuse_at_localhost.com)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 20:20:42 -0500

Hi JS :-)

It's possible that the http:// is damaged or corrupted. Try the following
and see if it helps:

IE will not connect to a web page without manually typing http://
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers_8.htm#extension

Hope this helps

Jan :)
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> My web browser is unable to view any sites that I have tried, except
> sites with the https:// prefix. For all other sites it returns the "cannot
> find server" screen.
>
> My info:
>
> WinXP SP 2
> IE 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158
> Modem
>
> Even with this problem I have other internet function, like SSH, FTP,
> NTTP, ping, etc. I am even able to browse the web with a linux box whose
> internet connection runs through my Windows-run computer with the browser
> problem; using Mozilla. I haven't downloaded another browser to try it
> out; I will do this but I'm guessing it's going to work. Anyway, I'd like
> to be able to use IE and not have to run somewhere else.
>
> I have scanned my system with both Ad-Aware and Spybot - Search & Destroy.
> The only oddity was that Spybot returned an error:
>
> Error during check!: Z-Demon (Ungültiger Datentyp für '') ()
>
> and a DSO exploit seems to not go away, but return everytime I run
> Spybot. I'm not very familiar with the software but I read that this is
> probably a bug in Spybot:
>
> http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?showtopic=24389
>
> I have also run 'nslookup' to check DNS servers (they seem fine) and
> 'sfc /scannow' to repair IE - but my installation disks
> don't have the OS files available, so I can't continue with that
> procedure - is there another way to re-install IE?
>
> I have the most recent Windows updates and I have reset IE internet
> settings to defaults.
>
> To me it seems that there is some specific problem with the http
> protocol in IE, since everything else on my machine seems to work fine.
>
> If anyone could suggest anything else I might try I'd appreciate it.
>
> (I can't really re-install the OS without formatting my drive first,
> since I only have recovery disks and no plain OS.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> JS
>

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