IE6 SP1 hangs with XP SP2 and specific websites

[Guest]

Folks,

Got a bit of weird problem with IE when running as an ordinary user, IE 6
Sp1 (all patches) and Windows XP SP2:

I browse to say www.bbc.co.uk and then click news, IE then hangs and then
comes up with the End Now dialog.

If I then give admin rights to that user on the machine and then re-try it
all works fine, unfortunately this is not a viable means of running for us it
has to be ordinary user. I have tried enabling\disabling the firewall to see
if that was the cause but too no effect.

This would seem to be some sort of security problem but I can't find what
its doing. This all worked with no problem on the previous build of the
desktop (IE 6 SP1 (all patches) and Windows XP SP1) so its all a bit baffling.

Has anyone encountered anything like this? And if so what was the fix?

The machine is managed by a group policy that was originally created using
XP SP1 and has been edited with the same machine but with SP2 ADM's. I have
tried not applying the user policy to determine if that was the cause but
there was no change. I have turned on auditing to see if there was anything
that was being accessed that the system was preventing access too but to no
effect.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Martin Searle
University of Kent, UK

 

[Guest]

Have you tried giving the user admin rights - reinstalling sp2 as the user,
reverting them back into group policy then loading the pages!

Im always having permission problems and it seems alot of programs now like
to be installed as the user.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Folks,

Got a bit of weird problem with IE when running as an ordinary user, IE 6
Sp1 (all patches) and Windows XP SP2:

I browse to say www.bbc.co.uk and then click news, IE then hangs and then
comes up with the End Now dialog.

There are multiple redirects from that link.
What happens if instead of taking them you go here directly?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

If I then give admin rights to that user on the machine and then re-try it
all works fine, unfortunately this is not a viable means of running for us it
has to be ordinary user. I have tried enabling\disabling the firewall to see
if that was the cause but too no effect.

This would seem to be some sort of security problem but I can't find what
its doing. This all worked with no problem on the previous build of the
desktop (IE 6 SP1 (all patches) and Windows XP SP1) so its all a bit baffling.

My guess is that it represents some spyware which was operating benignly
before the update. After the update it is now incompatible but locked in.
The incompatibility could show up only for a normal user because of the
different path taken.

Has anyone encountered anything like this? And if so what was the fix?

I can imagine multiple redirects presenting a extra problem for spyware.
BTW is your symptom a hang or a loop? What kind of loop?
(Check with Task Manager and turn on all statistics.)

Have you tried taking a packet trace and comparing the transaction flow
between two sessions, one which works and one which doesn't?
and even better one from another system which works for a normal user?
Anything unexpected in any of them?

The machine is managed by a group policy that was originally created using
XP SP1 and has been edited with the same machine but with SP2 ADM's. I have
tried not applying the user policy to determine if that was the cause but
there was no change. I have turned on auditing to see if there was anything
that was being accessed that the system was preventing access too but to no
effect.

FileMon (from SysInternals) would probably give you better clues than auditing
if you don't know exactly what you're looking for.

Thanks in advance for any help,

Martin Searle
University of Kent, UK

Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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