Re: Website comes up as a blank page

OK, do you encounter the same behavior when using your computer at home?
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"Ron Staton" <rstaton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:umTp8%23EiHHA.1240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
No, we don't use Vista and we can't use IE7 as one of our software packages doesn't support it yet. I'm not worried about the security implications of browsing with a new machine as I have it segmented out from our LAN and behind a PIX. That and I will be ghosting it again once I'm finished testing so it will be clean. I don't believe I can lug one home on the train but I do have a modem I can hook in to it. I'll try that and let you know.

>>> PA Bear<PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> 04/26/07 4:10 PM >>>

Not that it'd matter that much, but are the new machines running Vista? If not, don't go installing IE7 just yet.

No brand-new machines should be used for browsing or anything else online without having first (1) enabled a firewall, (2) been fully-patched at Windows Update, and (3) installing an AV app and updating its definitions.

That being said, take one of the new machines to another physical location with a different internet connection & ISP and see if the behavior persists, Ron.
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"Ron Staton" <rstaton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23MMQvwDiHHA.1312@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
That would be why I question why it would be McAfee. In any event, I received a shipment of new Dell desktops today. Right out of the box, with nothing other than what Dell ships with installed, I get the same issue. No McAfee, not added to the domain, nothing installed. I'm going to add the patches next but I'm at a complete loss now.

>>> PA Bear<PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> 04/25/07 4:50 PM >>>

Firefox is not part-and-parcel of Windows.
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"Ron Staton" <rstaton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u6wpZJ4hHHA.4600@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
But if that was the case, why does it work in Firefox? I would think that it was more of a Group Policy issue because the policy settings wouldn't affect Firefox, would they?

>>> PA Bear<PABearMVP@xxxxxxxxx> 4/25/2007 12:35:30 PM >>>

I'd contact McAfee Support, Ron. It looks like McAfee's "protections" are disabling scripting, or possibly another security application is.
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"Ron Staton" <rstaton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uo%23CjM1hHHA.4596@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Yes, I did see that before but I though on the off chance that Java was being used somewhere I'd update that also. We have the site added as a trusted site so everything is set as enabled or prompt but there was no change and no prompts. No, the only thing I can think of would be antivirus. McAfee has a setting in Protection Pilot that we have enabled that disables execution of scripts from the temp folder but that shouldn't interfere with this. On Access scan also has a setting for ScriptScan that is enabled but even when I disable it nothing changes. I just tried disabling the rule about running scripts from the temp folder on the off chance it was blocking it but there was no change.


>>> Robert Aldwinckle<robald@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 4/24/2007 9:27:17 PM >>>

"Ron Staton" <rstaton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Java is also up to date.


Did you see the requirements listed at the bottom of this page?

http://198.173.15.21/ccao/FindMyParcel.asp

The site uses Javascript, no sign of Java being used.

You could try re-registering its module. E.g. Run...

regsvr32 jscript.dll

Also you could try using a technique I call maximal prompting
to see how far you are getting at that site. E.g. use the Security settings
dialog to set anything which is currently Enable to Prompt (when available).
BTW this could also be used to prove that Java is not being used because
then there would be a prompt regarding ActiveX...

FWIW when I try maximal prompting on your page even with Work Offline
set I get an immediate prompt for scripting. I reply Yes to that and get my
background color but no more content and another prompt for scripting.
(Times 3.) Then a new background color. Still blank. Then finally the page
is rendered with no further interruptions. So I guess rather than setting
all Enable settings to Prompt it would have been sufficient to change
just the one for Active Scripting. ; )

The page does have a rather unusual construction. E.g. there is a script element
*before* the DOCTYPE and the rest of the HTML. Do you have any programs
active which would be trying to inhibit scripting? E.g. perhaps the unusual
construction of the page could confuse such software and cause the whole
page to be suppressed or otherwise corrupted. Etc.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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