Page loads slow unless http:// is added

[Guest]

Something happened today to my system. I used to be able to type a web page
address without the http:// or the www and it loaded fine. Now it takes over
a minute to load unless I type out the http://www.

If I type "yahoo.com" then it takes over a minute to load. Even if I type
out "www.yahoo.com" it takes over a minute. But as soon as I type
http://www.yahoo.com, the page loads immediatly. What is going on?

I compaired all my settings with my friends computer (in IE) and they match
so I can't figure out what's going on. HELP!

 

[Rob Wilkens]

You must've installed something that reigstered another protocol type.
Don't ask me how to fix it, I don't use IE much. http:// is really required
for all web pages, it tells the browser your using hypertext transfer
protocol. Besides, IE can run files, and ever since the DOS days something
that ends in ".com" is considered a command which can be executed and to
type that in without http can just be downright stupid.

-Rob

 

[Gary Smith]

Unless it has been tampered with, IE will automatically supply the
"http://" part of the URL. It never assumes that a typed entry represents
a file -- you have to force that with a "file:" prefix. "yahoo.com"
appears to be an alias for "www.yahoo.com", so typing just "yahoo.com"
(without the quotes) into the address bar should take you promptly to
www.yahoo.com. If it doesn't, then something is interfering or some
setting has been trashed.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Something happened today to my system. I used to be able to type a
web page address without the http:// or the www and it loaded fine.
Now it takes over a minute to load unless I type out the http://www.

If I type "yahoo.com" then it takes over a minute to load. Even if I
type out "www.yahoo.com" it takes over a minute. But as soon as I
type http://www.yahoo.com, the page loads immediatly. What is going
on?

I compaired all my settings with my friends computer (in IE) and they
match so I can't figure out what's going on. HELP!

Using Regedit, browse to the following registry key and make sure the noted
setting is correct:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete]
"Append Completion"="yes"

also see the following values:

"Use AutoComplete"="yes"
"AutoSuggest"="no"

Click Start | Run and type
control inetcpl.cpl
Select Content tab, and click AutoComplete button
In the Use AutoComplete for section, put a checkmark near Web addresses
Click OK, OK to close the dialog.

Equivalent registry value for this setting

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\AutoComplete

Value named: AutoSuggest of type REG_SZ
Possible value-data: yes | no

You may have to Restart the computer.

See also: http://mvps.org/winhelp2002/RepairDefaultPrefix.reg

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Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE
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