IE hangs if URL is missing http://

[Guest]

Hi,
Whenever I type a URL like www.microsoft.com into Internet Explorer and
press Enter IE freezes. If I enter http://www.microsoft.com everything is
fine.

I am running IE 6 with SP2 installed, IE version
6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158

 

[Kelly]

Hi Brenton,

Without knowing more, check your settings here:

Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes

In the right pane, click New/String Value and name it www

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\UrlTemplate

and:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\
DefaultPrefix

In the right-pane, set the data for the value "default" to "http://" ....