ie http aplication failed but ftp works

[Guest]

My ie browser hangs on the http request; The IE icon at the right top is
animating though, but no connections were built when I monitor it by the
'netstat -na' command.

I can't go anywhere with http request even the windows update site, but the
'ftp' protocol works fine. What is the problem with my IE?

 

[Guest]

I have the same problem. Other browsers such as Opera and Firefox all work
fine, but Internet Explorer and programs that utilise the IE control (e.g. MS
Outlook, WebBrowser control in VS2005) do not work with HTTP URLs. FTP, HTTPS
both work fine however.

The exception is that the web browser component of Windows Media Player
works fine - I am led to believe that the site displayed there is on the HTTP
protocol.

I am running Windows XP SP2.

Any ideas?

Sam

 

[Guest]

Yap! We got the same problem. But I can't find any helpful clue to solve it.
I've re-installed the IE several times however.

I think I should make a new post to stir it from silence.

Dunk

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

My ie browser hangs on the http request; The IE icon at the right top is
animating though, but no connections were built when I monitor it by the
'netstat -na' command.

netstat isn't precise enough for this to know whether a connection was
attempted or not. Try using netcap instead. (Then eyeball the .cap file
or use Ethereal to format it.) I'm not sure if FiddlerTool can trace ftp
requests (especially if Passive FTP is involved) but if so that also would be
a better tool for diagnosing this case than netstat.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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[Guest]

There is a new clue. I've uninstalled the program 'FreshDownload', and
everything works fine. My IE is back.

 

[Guest]

Dunk - you're my hero! I had FreshDownload installed too - I've just
uninstalled it and now IE works again! I was about to give up and accept IE
will never work again until I reformatted...

They must've done something to it lately - it used to work fine with IE.

Thanks,

Sam