All of a sudden in the last month or so....there is one
site that I can't get on to. I get a message"page can not
be displayed".
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I have similar problems. And it seems to be getting worse. I don't
think it is a virus nor spyware. I have all of the anti virus and
spyware checker programs, and I keep them up to date. They say I have
a clean computer. (Although who can really tell.)
I have tried Sun Java, script refreshing, setting changes in MSIE.
None have cured the problems I am having. I am starting to have
problems with pages that use asp scripts now.
Let me offer a theory on what is happening.
It seems every download of a patch, fix, upgrade, or other type of
download for MSIE from Microsoft seems to cause a problem. Or perhaps
the problem is on the server end. Remember Microsoft is issuing
downloads for server software also.
I think there is some fundamental problem in Microsoft's client and/or
server software. These are very complicated pieces of code.
Microsoft loads tons of features into them. They interact way too
much with the os in my opinion, which makes them even more
complicated. And the whole idea of the registry, designed to cure the
problems with pif's and battling resource files and drivers, has
created a new set of problems, in my opinion.
I have multiple computers. The ones on which I have browser problems
are the ones that are constantly kept up to date on MSIE downloads.
The others, that I use for testing and that I do not leave on and thus
do not spend the time keeping up to date, don't have the same
problems.
Sites that are hard to view or that seem to have problems on my
updated computers don't have exhibit these problems when viewed with
computers with non updated versions of Windows and MSIE.
So is the problem caused by Microsoft? I don't know. I do think,
though, that they have a large, cumbersome product in MSIE and that
combined with its complex tie ins to the operating system and the
registry and with third party tie ins somehow MSIE or the updating
process is causing or triggering many of the problems we are seeing
on this site.
I think some of the problems can be fixed by the actions recommended
by many posters. I think a lot of the problems can only be fixed by
reinstalling Windows. But having spent hours doing this several times
already on two machines, I find those machines keep getting new
problems. In other words, reinstalling Windows will temporarily fix
the problem. Similarly following the actions recommended by posters
to this newsgroup will fix some problems. The next update to Windows
or to MSIE probably will introduce some new problems.
At this point I have been complaining about Microsoft, but if you are
still with me, let's bring this back to the technical level, or at
least to the level of "Quit complaining, and let's find a solution."
Well if I am correct about this, the real problem here is Microsoft's
approach to Windows, MSIE and the registry. (Let's not start a flame
war on this. We could argue for years about this point. I am trying
to find a solution and not spend any more time than I have already
wasted.)
I would like to propose a solution. Please: all of the MVPs and
other experts tell me what you think of this strategy.
I am going to put aside one computer dedicated to MSIE. I will reload
Windows on it. I will put nothing else on it unless absolutely
necessary to support internet browsing or related functions. Then if
I have similar problems in the future, I can quickly reload Windows
and MSIE.
I will put anything else on a computer and use this computer for
everything except internet browsing.
Would this make MSIE on one machine behave better? That is are we all
aggravating these problems by loading too many software packages,
all of which monkey with the registry? Would it be better to have a
dedicated Browser Computer and another computer for everything else?
