Can't get Internet Explorer to load webpages.

[JMI]

Hello,

I've got a rather strange problem. My Internet Explorer won't load ANY
WebPages from the internet. Strange thing is that I have no problem
accessing the internet in other applications including FireFox. I've got
many other apps that access the internet and IE is the only one that won't
load any pages. It will sit there for a looooooong time and never time out
and give me the page saying the page couldn't load. It tries and tries, but
never loads. I've tried many different sites (Yahoo, MSN, Google, &
Microsoft.com). It can load local html pages though.

I've gone into Options and Connection and made sure it was set to Broadband
connection and "Never dial a connection". But it gets stranger. I booted
up to Safe Mode with Networking and it works there!

I've got Service Pack 2, and the firewall is disabled, but I am running a
different firewall program, but even with that disabled, I still can't
access the internet. It's even added to the list of programs that can
access the internet. I've scanned my system for adware using Adaware and
cleaned it of any spyware.

Anyone got any ideas why Internet Explorer cannot access the internet but
everything else can?

Thanks,

Jeff

 

[Guest]

My sister is having almost identical problem. In the end she tried
downloading the beta version of IE 7 -- and it does exactly the same thing.


If you find out anything, please let us know!

 

[Guest]

Have either of you found a solution. I just developed the same problem, and
I too upgrade to IE 7 with no luck.

 

[Frank Saunders, MS-MVP OE]

Have either of you found a solution. I just developed the same problem,
and
I too upgrade to IE 7 with no luck.

From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:

DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.


4. If that doesn't fix it, see this article:

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html

5. If you are using WinXP try this:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE_Default_Browser.reg

6. See Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 may display a blank Web page
after you select Auto-Select encoding
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870863

You can also try this:

Go to Start/run, and type SFC (msconfig for WinXP).
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk' ("Expand File" for WinXP).
Type oleaut32.dll, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.

Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the file's location, which is
probably in the Win98 (i386 for WinXP) folder of your installation CD-ROM
(typically D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs (Windows\i386 for
WinXP) folder, as the case may be.

Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System (C:\Windows\System32
for WinXP), and click OK. System File Checker (or msconfig) looks for the
file, saves it as you requested, and then tells you that 'the file has been
successfully extracted'.

You may need to reboot.