I have a WinXP SP 1 system, running IE 6 SP 1. All pages in IE work fine,
except any that use https://, such as hotmail login. All I get is "Page
cannot be displayed." I've checked for spyware/viruses, security settings,
firewall, encryption, etc. No help. I still cannot access these pages. Any
suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Jeff

Hi,
First try... Start> Run> (type in) regsvr32 softpub.dll [Enter]

Then (from Frank Saunders)
Make sure your firewall is not blocking port 443.

813444 - Cannot Connect to SSL Secured (128-Bit) Sites
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813444
813951 - Cannot Access Your MSN E-mail Account or Authenticate with a Web
Site in Various Programs
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813951


Many other possible solutions at
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/ans...m#secure_sites

Hope this helps,
Don
--
MVP IE/OE
Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.

"Jeff" <Jeff[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8DA768FF-E560-4209-B801-(E-Mail Removed)...
> I have a WinXP SP 1 system, running IE 6 SP 1. All pages in IE work fine,
> except any that use https://, such as hotmail login. All I get is "Page
> cannot be displayed." I've checked for spyware/viruses, security
settings,
> firewall, encryption, etc. No help. I still cannot access these pages.
Any
> suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Jeff

I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

Jeff

"Don Varnau" wrote:

> Hi,
> First try... Start> Run> (type in) regsvr32 softpub.dll [Enter]
>
> Then (from Frank Saunders)
> Make sure your firewall is not blocking port 443.
>
> 813444 - Cannot Connect to SSL Secured (128-Bit) Sites
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813444
> 813951 - Cannot Access Your MSN E-mail Account or Authenticate with a Web
> Site in Various Programs
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=813951
>
>
> Many other possible solutions at
> http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/ans...m#secure_sites
>
> Hope this helps,
> Don
> --
> MVP IE/OE
> Please reply to the newsgroup so that others may participate.
>
> "Jeff" <Jeff[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8DA768FF-E560-4209-B801-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I have a WinXP SP 1 system, running IE 6 SP 1. All pages in IE work fine,
> > except any that use https://, such as hotmail login. All I get is "Page
> > cannot be displayed." I've checked for spyware/viruses, security
> settings,
> > firewall, encryption, etc. No help. I still cannot access these pages.
> Any
> > suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Jeff
>
>