Try downloading/installing the User Agent String Utility (click on question 4
to see the download link).
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro.../ie/iefaq.mspx

Also, try Tools>Internet Options>Connections Tab
Click on Lan Settings button
Select Automatically Detect Settings
Click Ok twice
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"Scooby Simon" wrote:

> I have exactly the same problem.
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> IE7 has just died on me; I re-installed it today and have turned off all
> add-ons etc and it still does not work.
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> All I get is "connecting to site ..." and 4 or 5 green bars in the loading
> bar and I never get connected to the web site.
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