Problem with Outlook Discussion Group Web site

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This is not an Outlook problem but it is a problem with the Microsoft
Discussion Groups web site. I don’t know how to contact the “webmaster†for
that – maybe somebody from Microsoft will see this posting and pass it along.

When I go to http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
and under Office Discussion Groups select “Outlook†and Click on click on
General Questions (or I think any of the options), the page that loads hangs
up my Internet Explorer 8 and I have to restart the IE8 from a non-responsive
state.

IE 8 hangs up at the following point. (There may be an error in the details
because I had to copy the image with a screen capture program and manually
type the url.)
Downloading picture
http://c.microsoft.com/trans_pixel....osfot.public.outlook.general%26lang%3den%26cr.....

There is probably more to that URL listing but that is all the space
available in the IE 8 status line.

I was able to get to this page to post this item by typing in “Outlook†in
the "Search For" box on
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx and then posting
this as a new message.
 
Now you understand why you should be using a newsreader client instead of
the web interface.

: This is not an Outlook problem but it is a problem with the Microsoft
: Discussion Groups web site. I don't know how to contact the "webmaster"
for
: that - maybe somebody from Microsoft will see this posting and pass it
along.
:
: When I go to http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
: and under Office Discussion Groups select "Outlook" and Click on click on
: General Questions (or I think any of the options), the page that loads
hangs
: up my Internet Explorer 8 and I have to restart the IE8 from a
non-responsive
: state.
:
: IE 8 hangs up at the following point. (There may be an error in the
details
: because I had to copy the image with a screen capture program and manually
: type the url.)
: Downloading picture
:
http://c.microsoft.com/trans_pixel....osfot.public.outlook.general%26lang%3den%26cr.....
:
: There is probably more to that URL listing but that is all the space
: available in the IE 8 status line.
:
: I was able to get to this page to post this item by typing in "Outlook" in
: the "Search For" box on
: http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx and then
posting
: this as a new message.
:
: --
: Jim (a.k.a. ORTNPALMS)
 
The pages load fine here - it may be a setting in IE (it tries to protect
you from everything and I disabled most of that crap) or something else you
have installed - could be firewall or antivirus blocking something or an IE
add-in causing problems.

You can access these groups using a newsreader pointed to
msnews.microsoft.com or from one of the many forums that include the
content, including http://forums.slipstick.com/

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



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Jim said:
This is not an Outlook problem but it is a problem with the Microsoft
Discussion Groups web site. I don’t know how to contact the “webmaster†for
that – maybe somebody from Microsoft will see this posting and pass it along.

When I go to http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx
and under Office Discussion Groups select “Outlook†and Click on click on
General Questions (or I think any of the options), the page that loads hangs
up my Internet Explorer 8 and I have to restart the IE8 from a non-responsive
state.

IE 8 hangs up at the following point. (There may be an error in the details
because I had to copy the image with a screen capture program and manually
type the url.)
Downloading picture
http://c.microsoft.com/trans_pixel....osfot.public.outlook.general%26lang%3den%26cr.....

There is probably more to that URL listing but that is all the space
available in the IE 8 status line.

I was able to get to this page to post this item by typing in “Outlook†in
the "Search For" box on
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx and then posting
this as a new message.
Click to expand...

I don't normally post to these Microsoft help groups using a browser,
however, I copied your link (if I click it, Opera takes me there instead of
Internet Explorer), and pasted it into MS Internet Explorer 8. I then signed
in with a 'passport.com' ID that I have. And here I am, posting a followup
to your article. So there is something wrong with your installation of MSIE8.
Don't know what it might be.

I should also note that I have never had trouble with these help groups
using a regular newsreader to access them. These groups are not a "web site",
but Usenet "discussion groups", or "newsgroups", and can be more reliably
accessed when using an NNTP client than when using an HTTP client.
 
This is not an Outlook problem but it is a problem with the Microsoft
Discussion Groups web site. I don’t know how to contact the “webmaster†for
that – maybe somebody from Microsoft will see this posting and pass it
along.
Click to expand...

Try setting IE8's compatibility mode.
 
I think it might be the phishing setting or smart screen or possibly
something in the internet zone. IE8 is evil and locks too much down.
Click to expand...

Spoken like a true advocate of the Microsoft "Let the application do all
kinds of fun, even if dangerous, things" position.
 
No, I don't need Microsoft to decide what I can and cannot do - I lead a
boring internet life and all of my surfing is on mainstream sites. I use a
firewall and antivirus, I don't open strange attachments I'm not expecting.
I keep windows up-to-date. I don't need a netnanny and I don't want to add a
bunch of sites to the trusted zone.

IE8's defaults cause problems with my banking sites and the admin section of
my blog. I get annoying warnings when I try to do simple things (like
paste). When I change the security settings, IE forgets them on the next
reboot... firefox works fine and I'm using it about half the time now (up
from about 10% a few months back).

--
Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]



Outlook Tips by email:
mailto:[email protected]

EMO - a weekly newsletter about Outlook and Exchange:
mailto:[email protected]

Let's Really Fix Outlook 2010
http://forums.slipstick.com/forumdisplay.php?f=34
 
Thanks for the help everyone, and the interesting discussion.

Things work OK today with IE8. But I'll try the Newsreader approach.
That's all new to me.
 
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