Re: Page cannot be displayed

Hi Meagain,

I think you missed part of my post. I said that I "disabled my Internet
securty center (including firewall)". Since I have Norton Internet Security
Center, that would mean that I disabled Norton.

Thanks,
Amanda

"Meagain" wrote:

> I'd try turning off the nortons first. Then if that don't work try the IE
> settings.
>
> "Robert Aldwinckle" wrote:
>
> > "Amanda" <Amanda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:8308DB6F-3BF3-455B-A598-A1DC8B17E076@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Using Windows XP pro with SP2, and Internet Explorer 6.0 128 bit version and
> > > Norton Internet Security System . .
> > >
> > > I cannot get to this website:
> > > http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/venus/venus.html
> > >
> > > I get the "Page cannot be displayed" message whenever I try to.
> >
> > Looks like you have some blocking software in the path
> > (e.g. proxy server) which is denying you access to that site.
> > For example, that site does not have a Privacy Policy
> > (according to Alt-V,v). If that was a criterion deemed sufficient
> > to deny you access you could be getting an error message
> > from it, (e.g. the one that you see with FireFox.)
> >
> > If you aren't seeing the same error message that you see
> > with another browser at the same site that could be explained
> > if you are using an unfortunate default in the Options, Advanced tab:
> > Show friendly HTTP error messages
> > If that option is checked try unchecking it and see if your symptom
> > changes. Note: I can't remember if that is another one of the
> > undocumented "requires restart" options or not but to test the change
> > thoroughly, if it doesn't have an immediate effect, at least make sure
> > you close all instances of IE windows and verify (e.g. using Task Manager)
> > that no instance of iexplore.exe remains running before deciding
> > that that the final test was unsuccessful.
> >
> >
> > Good luck
> >
> > Robert Aldwinckle
> > ---
> >
> >
> > > I've tried
> > > a number of things: I've updated windows, restarted my computer several
> > > times, opened a new browser window many times, examined my security options
> > > under Internet options-Advanced to make sure that SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0, and TLS
> > > 1.0 are checked, disabled my Internet securty center (including firewall),
> > > and cleared my cache and cookies. I've done almost everything I can think
> > > of. It is this site ONLY that is giving me trouble. In addition, I've
> > > checked on 4 other computers, and the page loads without a problem. I had
> > > mozilla firefox installed before as well, and whenever I tried using that to
> > > view the page, it gave me a message saying something like "connection was
> > > refused when attempting to connect to
> > > http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr161/lect/venus/venus.html"; I tried
> > > uninstalling and reinstalling mozilla and tried clearing the cache and
> > > cookies, etc. etc. It didn't work with that browser either. Since the page
> > > loads fine on other computers, I still think there must be something awry
> > > with my computer, specifcially, or possibly some type of corruption with the
> > > web browser or how windows is handling the web browsers.
> > >
> > > Please help!
> >
> >
> >
.

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