Certain web pages will not load in IE

[reenum]

Greetings everyone. I recently allowed my cousin to use my computer,
and he decided to play around with the system settings or the registry
(not sure which one). Now, he can't remember what he did and cannot fix
the IE problem I am having.

Now, certain webpages will not load, most glaringly, stories on ESPN.
To illustrate the problem, let me use the following URL:
http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=http:...eId=251204012&name=FPT-2248016-120524&srvc=sz

If I click the above, it will not load.

However, if I remove the portion of the URL as follows:
"http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=", then the story will load just fine.
I'm having the same problem in other browsers, so I'm thinking that a
registry entry or some system setting was changed.

It seems to me that "http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto=" redirects the
browser to the actual story. So, if I can somehow alter the settings to
allow IE to redirect the URL, I should be fine.

If anyone can help, I would be eternally grateful.

 

[Guest]

When I click your example, I am redirected to:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/recap?gameId=251204012

But when I click http://x.go.com/cgi/x.pl?goto= I get "The page cannot be
displayed".

It looks to me as if you have Security settings under Internet Options in
the Control Panel that won't allow redirections.

Try experimenting with the settings under Security => Internet and the
Advanced tabs.

Eric,
PC Buyer Beware!
http://www.pcbuyerbeware.co.uk/

 

[reenum]

I tried changing the security settings as you said, but to no avail.

I think it might be something to with the system or the registry, since
Firefox and Opera do not work either.

Thanks for your great suggestion, Eric. Does anyone else have any ideas?

 

[Malke]

I tried changing the security settings as you said, but to no avail.

I think it might be something to with the system or the registry,
since Firefox and Opera do not work either.

Thanks for your great suggestion, Eric. Does anyone else have any
ideas?

Try a System Restore to before your cousin messed around with your
computer. Start>Programs>Accessories>System Tools> System Restore and
then "restore my computer to an earlier time".

Malke