I am having an interesting issue with Internet Explorer 7, under Windows
Vista Business RTM. In IE, when I type in a URL, such as [url]www.microsoft.com[/url]
and press the enter key (or click the go button) nothing happens for a long
time. If I leave the browser window alone, about 5 minutes later the page
will load.

In my troubleshooting, I have found that typing in the full URL, e.g.
[url]http://www.microsoft.com[/url] works just fine and loads the page right away. I’ve
also found that typing in the partial URL (e.g. [url]www.microsoft.com[/url]) and
pressing CTRL+ENTER load the page right away also. Though, this doesn’t work
for non-.com addresses; e.g. [url]www.uiuc.edu[/url]. Instead, IE tries to navigate to
[url]www.uiuc.edu.com[/url].

The most interesting thing I’ve found in my troubleshooting is that this
ONLY occurs when I am NOT in my office; when I’m disconnected from my active
directory network (my machine is joined to my University’s Active Directory
Domain). At the office, typing in [url]www.microsoft.com[/url] works right away, but
from my home DSL or a café hotspot, I am plagued with the problem.

Has anyone else had this problem and been able to work around it? This
seems like some type of DNS bug associated with my Domain settings, but I’m
really not sure.