Hi,
See if setting a blank home page (Internet Options> General) makes a
difference.

Next, see if you have a troublesome browser add-on.
See: http://www.enhanceie.com/ie/troubleshoot.asp
for troubleshooting information.

Hope this helps,
Don
[MS MVP- IE]

"Steve Adams" <SteveAdams[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:03C6DB01-38F7-4A3C-85CE-B476687F3698@microsoft.com...
> This is a different situation than the ones I've read.
>
> I've been using IE7 for a while now with no problems. Changed ISPs two
days
> ago to a new DSL service.
>
> When I open a NEW browser window, the FIRST page I try to access gives me
> the " Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage" error. If I reload,
it
> works OK. Every new tab opened in that window also works with no problem.
> This only happens in NEW browser the first time.
>
> My ISP has shoved the problem off to MSFT; they refuse to help.
>
> Yeah, I'm pissed.
>
> I can try to remedies listed in message 926431, but the fact that I can
get
> the pages to load by reloading implies to me that I really don't have a
> connection problem.
>
> Any ideas, anyone? Is there an IE setting I can change to fix this?
>
> Thanks in advance!