Re: IE 6 and the proverbial, 'This page cannot be displayed'

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE/WM wrote:
In my case it's an update to the software for my satellite connection that
does it. Are you running any software supplied by your ISP?

No. However, after I got IE back in operation, I went to the Windows
Update website and scanned my system to see if there were any Critical
Updates for Win98 (old habits die slowly). I was surprised that there
were three. One was the ever popular 823559 (have installed it at
least a dozen times), one was simply called Security Update, March
7,2002 )referred to MS02-014), and one was Cumulative Security Update
for Outlook Express Sp1 KB837009. They had all been installed when I
reinstalled Win98, but I assumed something got screwed up with
something in these on my system and went ahead and applied them again,
then rebooted. Afterward, IE didn't work again, checked the Proxy
setting and the box was checked. Could it have been one of the Windows
updates that put the checkmark back in that box?

I just went to the Windows Update website and did the scan again, and
it came up with the same three 'critical' updates, plus one to install
the Critical Update Notification 4.0. Like anyone needs that anymore
with Win98. Is that what everyone sees now?

.

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