Re: IE6 no longer opens web pages.

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"travelerjack" <travelerjack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7AA3509B-046C-4319-9BE7-72330C63E18B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
This is really annoying. I am unable to open a web page, yet all other
internet related activities work fine. I am running Windows XP Pro Service
Pack 2 with Office 2003. I also tried all the usual diagnostics, even
verified all files using "Start - Run - sfc /scannow". Still no luck. I then
installed the IE7 Beta3. It doesn't work either, same problem. When I type in
an internet address, IP or UNC, it acts like it is doing something (the
Windows flag is flying in the breeze and I have an hour glass for a cursor),
yet there is nothing in the Status bar stating that it is looking for,
finding, or connecting to anything ... just blank, and it will not error,
simply remains in that state until I stop it, at which time it will tell me:
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"Action canceled
Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web page you requested. The page
might be temporarily unavailable.

Please try the following:
Click the Refresh button, or try again later.
If you have visited this page previously and you want to view what has been
stored on your computer, click File, and then click Work Offline.

For information about offline browsing with Internet Explorer, click the
Help menu, and then click Contents and Index.

Internet Explorer
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After all of this, I installed FireFox, and it works perfectly. I do not
want to continue to use FireFox, but until I find out what is needed to
repair IE6, I have no choice. BTW, I also uninstalled Internet Explorer in
"Add-Remove Windows Components" and reinstalled it that way, to no avail.
Same exact results. One more thing ... I compared every tab in the Tools -
Internet Options - area to that of my old computer that works perfectly, and
there were two things missing in the "Advanced" tab of the defective install.
First, there is no "Java (Sun)" - Use JRE 1.5.0_06 for <applet> (requires
restart). Second, there is no "Microsoft VM" - JIT compiler for virtual
machine enabled (requires restart). Yes, that's right, neither of those
setting adjustment areas exist in the new box with the IE6 that will not
work. Could that be an issue, and if so, how can I fix it? Any ideas would be
greatly appreciated.

travelerjack


From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:

DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.


4. If that doesn't fix it, see this article:

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html

5. If you are using WinXP try this:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE_Default_Browser.reg

6. See Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 may display a blank Web page after you select Auto-Select encoding
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870863

You can also try this:

Go to Start/run, and type SFC (msconfig for WinXP).
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk' ("Expand File" for WinXP).
Type oleaut32.dll, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.

Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the file's location, which is probably in the Win98 (i386 for WinXP) folder of your installation CD-ROM (typically D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs (Windows\i386 for WinXP) folder, as the case may be.

Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System (C:\Windows\System32 for WinXP), and click OK. System File Checker (or msconfig) looks for the file, saves it as you requested, and then tells you that 'the file has been successfully extracted'.

You may need to reboot.

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM
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