Re: IE6 can't find style and presentation information for MSN.com

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"Darrin G." <dgonzo715@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Here's what happened to us: We use a proxy server that stores pages.
> Someone with an old version of IE most likely hit the site at the right
> time to cache the page and now no matter who goes through the proxy -
> they get "Why does MSN look like this?" No matter what we do to the
> client - they will continue to get the page until the proxy's cache is
> updated.

Try pressing Ctrl-F5? (Equivalent to clearing the TIF for simple pages.)

If clearing the TIF doesn't work it means the proxy cache is working
only by filename (e.g. URL and not by ETag). In that case depending
on what support the server provides, you could either try faking that
your request was a CGI request, e.g. by appending a question mark
to it or if equivalent https support exists try that protocol instead.
(With a secure protocol the requests and responses will be encrypted
and not be able to be cached by the proxy server.)


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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>
> Steve L wrote:
>> This just started 3 days ago. When I got to my home page (MSN.com) , the
>> page has no color and looks very plain Jane. It says "Your browser cannot
>> find our style and presentation information. You're welcome to use the page
>> as is, or upgrade your browser to its latest version". I reinstalled IE6 v
>> 6.0.2800.1106 and still same problem. This occurs on several other web pages
>> also, and on those other pages, doesn't let me click on any links. Any
>> ideas? Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Steve
>



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