Ok, this is a bit frustrating, but does anyone have any new ideas on how to
get IE7 to access pages. I have had this problem with some sites since I
downloaded and redownloaded IE7. I cannot access some sites. I have
followed all of the suggestions about reinstalling and/or clearing options
and still nothing. The strange thing is that it works fine on my wifes
computer. What can I compare between systems to see what is different and
how to get rid of this. One site for example is Monster.com. I keep getting
the error on my system but not on hers. Anyone have any ideas of where I can
look and possibly change??

I forgot to mention that I am Windows XP (Home) version.

"Ken" wrote:

> Ok, this is a bit frustrating, but does anyone have any new ideas on how to
> get IE7 to access pages. I have had this problem with some sites since I
> downloaded and redownloaded IE7. I cannot access some sites. I have
> followed all of the suggestions about reinstalling and/or clearing options
> and still nothing. The strange thing is that it works fine on my wifes
> computer. What can I compare between systems to see what is different and
> how to get rid of this. One site for example is Monster.com. I keep getting
> the error on my system but not on hers. Anyone have any ideas of where I can
> look and possibly change??

Have you tried installing the User Agent String Utility? You'll find the
download link under question 4.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...a&mg_id=20316b

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"Ken" wrote:

> I forgot to mention that I am Windows XP (Home) version.
>
> "Ken" wrote:
>
> > Ok, this is a bit frustrating, but does anyone have any new ideas on how to
> > get IE7 to access pages. I have had this problem with some sites since I
> > downloaded and redownloaded IE7. I cannot access some sites. I have
> > followed all of the suggestions about reinstalling and/or clearing options
> > and still nothing. The strange thing is that it works fine on my wifes
> > computer. What can I compare between systems to see what is different and
> > how to get rid of this. One site for example is Monster.com. I keep getting
> > the error on my system but not on hers. Anyone have any ideas of where I can
> > look and possibly change??

Yes, and that did not work either. I've run all the checks for ISP
connectivity and clearing cache and temp files...all the norm stuff. So
onward I search for the answer.

"Gistcheckin" wrote:

> Have you tried installing the User Agent String Utility? You'll find the
> download link under question 4.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...a&mg_id=20316b
>
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>
>
> "Ken" wrote:
>
> > I forgot to mention that I am Windows XP (Home) version.
> >
> > "Ken" wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, this is a bit frustrating, but does anyone have any new ideas on how to
> > > get IE7 to access pages. I have had this problem with some sites since I
> > > downloaded and redownloaded IE7. I cannot access some sites. I have
> > > followed all of the suggestions about reinstalling and/or clearing options
> > > and still nothing. The strange thing is that it works fine on my wifes
> > > computer. What can I compare between systems to see what is different and
> > > how to get rid of this. One site for example is Monster.com. I keep getting
> > > the error on my system but not on hers. Anyone have any ideas of where I can
> > > look and possibly change??

Try this:

1. Open Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Internet
Options.
Click the Advanced tab, and scroll down to the Security section.
Find and clear the Use SSL 2.0 check box.
Check Use SSL 3.0
Click OK.

2. If you are on a network that uses a proxy server, and you notice
slowness or a problem connecting to websites after upgrading to Internet
Explorer 7, it might be due to web proxy auto-detection problems. To fix
these problems, follow these steps:

Open Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Internet
Options.
Click the Connections tab.
Under Local Area Networks (LAN) settings, click the LAN Settings button.
Clear the Automatically detect settings check box.
Click the Use a proxy server for your LAN check box.
Type the address and port of your proxy server.
Click OK twice.
You will now be able to navigate to Internet sites.

3. If you notice a problem connecting to websites, it might be because the
upgrade to Internet Explorer 7 changed your Internet connection settings from
what they were set at in Internet Explorer 6. To work around the problem,
follow these steps:

Open Internet Explorer, click the Tools button, and then click Internet
Options.
Click the Connections tab.
Click the first entry in the Dialup and Virtual Private Networks list, and
then click Settings.
Select the Automatically detect settings check box, and then click OK.
Repeat the previous two steps for each entry in the Dialup and Virtual
Private Networks list.
Click the Lan Settings button in the Connections tab, and repeat steps 4-6.
Click OK on the Connections tab.
Close Internet Explorer, and then restart it.




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"Ken" wrote:

> Yes, and that did not work either. I've run all the checks for ISP
> connectivity and clearing cache and temp files...all the norm stuff. So
> onward I search for the answer.
>
> "Gistcheckin" wrote:
>
> > Have you tried installing the User Agent String Utility? You'll find the
> > download link under question 4.
> >
> > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...a&mg_id=20316b
> >
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> > Gistcheckin
> >
> >
> > "Ken" wrote:
> >
> > > I forgot to mention that I am Windows XP (Home) version.
> > >
> > > "Ken" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Ok, this is a bit frustrating, but does anyone have any new ideas on how to
> > > > get IE7 to access pages. I have had this problem with some sites since I
> > > > downloaded and redownloaded IE7. I cannot access some sites. I have
> > > > followed all of the suggestions about reinstalling and/or clearing options
> > > > and still nothing. The strange thing is that it works fine on my wifes
> > > > computer. What can I compare between systems to see what is different and
> > > > how to get rid of this. One site for example is Monster.com. I keep getting
> > > > the error on my system but not on hers. Anyone have any ideas of where I can
> > > > look and possibly change??

"Ken" <Ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F852E683-99B2-4C56-8403-CC27BCC9A99C@microsoft.com...
> Ok, this is a bit frustrating, but does anyone have any new ideas on how to
> get IE7 to access pages. I have had this problem with some sites since I
> downloaded and redownloaded IE7. I cannot access some sites. I have
> followed all of the suggestions about reinstalling and/or clearing options
> and still nothing. The strange thing is that it works fine on my wifes
> computer.

> What can I compare between systems to see what is different


Trace them both. E.g. use either FiddlerTool or netcap + Ethereal.

Alternatively, find out if it is just IE which has the problem.
E.g. use a different browser or simulate an HTTP connection
using telnet 80. Etc.



> and
> how to get rid of this. One site for example is Monster.com. I keep getting
> the error on my system but not on hers. Anyone have any ideas of where I can
> look and possibly change??


That site does an immediate redirect so why not use the real URL to start with?

http://www.monster.com/

Further the original server isn't even the same IP address
so if you were pinging monster.com that would have been proving nothing
(not that pinging proves much about HTTP connectivity.)

<nslookup>
Non-authoritative answer:
Name: a860.gf.akamai.net
Addresses: 216.58.96.38, 216.58.96.40
Aliases: www.monster.com, www.monster.com.edgesuite.net
</nslookup>

Now we see that the redirected server is an alias for a caching server.
XP's dnscache seems not to cache the canonical name for such a lookup
unless you ping it as well.

So, if you need to improve your lookup it might help to either ping -n 1
the canonical name or add an overriding lookup entry for the alias name
you need in your HOSTS file.

In fact, when I test the first idea using ipconfig /displaydns it appears that
if you want to use the ping -n 1 trick you will have to be quick about
getting IE doing its lookups:

<displaydns>
a860.gf.akamai.net
----------------------------------------
Record Name . . . . . : a860.gf.akamai.net
Record Type . . . . . : 1
Time To Live . . . . : 12
Data Length . . . . . : 4
Section . . . . . . . : Answer
A (Host) Record . . . : 216.58.96.38
</displaydns>

Note the "Time To Live": that's 12 seconds and I did the displaydns
as quickly as I could after the ping -n 1.


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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