IE6 Search "find web page" search yields unexpected file download (log appended)

L

LRW

When I attempt to "Find a Web Page" using the IE6 search button search
page, the results are not displayed in the right hand pane of the
browser window. Instead, a file download dialog box pops up offering to
save a file. This happens regardless of choice of search engine. For
example, if I search MSN.com, the file offered for download is
spresults.aspx.

The other search options (address, business, etc.) work without
incident.

I conducted a test search and logged the exchange via Proxomitron. I
found that the g.msn.com server reports 302 object moved, that IE6
responds with new GET, and that the server's response is logged as

HTTP/0.9 200 (No headers)
Server: Unknown, missing HTTP headers
Content-type: unknown,

which presumably triggers the download dialog box.

If I manually reconstruct the returned URL (see GET 4335 in the log
below) and paste it to the address bar, I can recover the search
results.

I've tried resetting the search options and security settings to no
effect.

Any ideas concerning cause and cure would be sincerely appreciated.

LRW

Proxomitron log follows for search phase "test search phrase":

BlockList 4333: in Bypass, line 21

+++GET 4333+++
POST /en-us/srchasst/srchasst.htm HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
Referer: http://ie.search.msn.com/en-us/srchasst/srchasst.htm
Accept-Language: en-us
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; H010818; AT&T
CSM7.0)
Host: ie.search.msn.com
Content-Length: 594
Pragma: no-cache
Cookie: *******deleted**********
Connection: keep-alive
Browser reload detected...
Posting 594 bytes...
Continue ignored...

+++RESP 4333+++
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 18:01:45 GMT
P3P: CP="BUS CUR CONo FIN IVDo ONL OUR PHY SAMo TELo"
Cache-Control: private
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 13796
+++CLOSE 4333+++

+++GET 4334+++
GET /0SEENUS/SAWS01?!test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6 HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
Referer: http://g.msn.com/0SEENUS/SAWS01?!test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6
Accept-Language: en-us
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; H010818; AT&T
CSM7.0)
Host: g.msn.com
Cookie: ******deleted*********
Connection: keep-alive

+++RESP 4334+++
HTTP/1.1 302 Object moved
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 18:01:48 GMT
Location:
http://search.msn.com/spresults.aspx?q=test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6
+++CLOSE 4334+++
BlockList 4335: in Bypass, line 21

+++GET 4335+++
GET /spresults.aspx?q=test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6 HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
Referer: http://ie.search.msn.com/en-us/srchasst/srchasst.htm
Accept-Language: en-us
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; H010818; AT&T
CSM7.0)
Host: search.msn.com
Cookie: *****deleted********
Connection: keep-alive

+++RESP 4335+++
HTTP/0.9 200 (No headers)
Server: Unknown, missing HTTP headers
Content-type: unknown
+++CLOSE 4335+++
 
S

Steven Liu [MSFT]

Hi,

Run regedit and delete the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aspx key.

Copy the following content into the notepad and save it as aspx.reg.

========================================

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aspx]
"PerceivedType"="text"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.aspx\PersistentHandler]
@="{eec97550-47a9-11cf-b952-00aa0051fe20}"

========================================

Then, double click the aspx.reg to import the changes to the registry.

Thanks for using Microsoft News Group!

Sincerely,

Steven Liu

Microsoft Online Partner Support

MCSE 2000

Get Secure! ¨C www.microsoft.com/security

This posting is provided ¡°as is¡± with no warranties and confers no rights.
--------------------
| From: "LRW" <none>
| Subject: IE6 Search "find web page" search yields unexpected file
download (log appended)
| Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 15:09:28 -0400
| Lines: 103
| X-Priority: 3
| X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
| X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158
| X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165
| Message-ID: <#[email protected]>
| Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser
| NNTP-Posting-Host: 7.arlington-51-52rs.va.dial-access.att.net 12.92.116.7
| Path: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP08.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl
| Xref: cpmsftngxa06.phx.gbl
microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser:144110
| X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser
|
| When I attempt to "Find a Web Page" using the IE6 search button search
| page, the results are not displayed in the right hand pane of the
| browser window. Instead, a file download dialog box pops up offering to
| save a file. This happens regardless of choice of search engine. For
| example, if I search MSN.com, the file offered for download is
| spresults.aspx.
|
| The other search options (address, business, etc.) work without
| incident.
|
| I conducted a test search and logged the exchange via Proxomitron. I
| found that the g.msn.com server reports 302 object moved, that IE6
| responds with new GET, and that the server's response is logged as
|
| HTTP/0.9 200 (No headers)
| Server: Unknown, missing HTTP headers
| Content-type: unknown,
|
| which presumably triggers the download dialog box.
|
| If I manually reconstruct the returned URL (see GET 4335 in the log
| below) and paste it to the address bar, I can recover the search
| results.
|
| I've tried resetting the search options and security settings to no
| effect.
|
| Any ideas concerning cause and cure would be sincerely appreciated.
|
| LRW
|
| Proxomitron log follows for search phase "test search phrase":
|
| BlockList 4333: in Bypass, line 21
|
| +++GET 4333+++
| POST /en-us/srchasst/srchasst.htm HTTP/1.1
| Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
| Referer: http://ie.search.msn.com/en-us/srchasst/srchasst.htm
| Accept-Language: en-us
| Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
| Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
| User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; H010818; AT&T
| CSM7.0)
| Host: ie.search.msn.com
| Content-Length: 594
| Pragma: no-cache
| Cookie: *******deleted**********
| Connection: keep-alive
| Browser reload detected...
| Posting 594 bytes...
| Continue ignored...
|
| +++RESP 4333+++
| HTTP/1.1 200 OK
| Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
| Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 18:01:45 GMT
| P3P: CP="BUS CUR CONo FIN IVDo ONL OUR PHY SAMo TELo"
| Cache-Control: private
| Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
| Content-Length: 13796
| +++CLOSE 4333+++
|
| +++GET 4334+++
| GET /0SEENUS/SAWS01?!test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6 HTTP/1.1
| Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
| Referer: http://g.msn.com/0SEENUS/SAWS01?!test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6
| Accept-Language: en-us
| Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
| User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; H010818; AT&T
| CSM7.0)
| Host: g.msn.com
| Cookie: ******deleted*********
| Connection: keep-alive
|
| +++RESP 4334+++
| HTTP/1.1 302 Object moved
| Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
| Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 18:01:48 GMT
| Location:
| http://search.msn.com/spresults.aspx?q=test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6
| +++CLOSE 4334+++
| BlockList 4335: in Bypass, line 21
|
| +++GET 4335+++
| GET /spresults.aspx?q=test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6 HTTP/1.1
| Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
| Referer: http://ie.search.msn.com/en-us/srchasst/srchasst.htm
| Accept-Language: en-us
| Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
| User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; H010818; AT&T
| CSM7.0)
| Host: search.msn.com
| Cookie: *****deleted********
| Connection: keep-alive
|
| +++RESP 4335+++
| HTTP/0.9 200 (No headers)
| Server: Unknown, missing HTTP headers
| Content-type: unknown
| +++CLOSE 4335+++
|
|
|
 
S

siljaline

When I attempt to "Find a Web Page" using the IE6 search button search
page, the results are not displayed in the right hand pane of the
browser window. Instead, a file download dialog box pops up offering to
save a file. This happens regardless of choice of search engine. For
example, if I search MSN.com, the file offered for download is
spresults.aspx.

The other search options (address, business, etc.) work without
incident.

I conducted a test search and logged the exchange via Proxomitron. I
found that the g.msn.com server reports 302 object moved, that IE6
responds with new GET, and that the server's response is logged as

HTTP/0.9 200 (No headers)
Server: Unknown, missing HTTP headers
Content-type: unknown,

which presumably triggers the download dialog box.

If I manually reconstruct the returned URL (see GET 4335 in the log
below) and paste it to the address bar, I can recover the search
results.

I've tried resetting the search options and security settings to no
effect.

Any ideas concerning cause and cure would be sincerely appreciated.

LRW

Proxomitron log follows for search phase "test search phrase":

BlockList 4333: in Bypass, line 21

+++GET 4333+++
POST /en-us/srchasst/srchasst.htm HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
Referer: http://ie.search.msn.com/en-us/srchasst/srchasst.htm
Accept-Language: en-us
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; H010818; AT&T
CSM7.0)
Host: ie.search.msn.com
Content-Length: 594
Pragma: no-cache
Cookie: *******deleted**********
Connection: keep-alive
Browser reload detected...
Posting 594 bytes...
Continue ignored...

+++RESP 4333+++
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 18:01:45 GMT
P3P: CP="BUS CUR CONo FIN IVDo ONL OUR PHY SAMo TELo"
Cache-Control: private
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 13796
+++CLOSE 4333+++

+++GET 4334+++
GET /0SEENUS/SAWS01?!test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6 HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
Referer: http://g.msn.com/0SEENUS/SAWS01?!test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6
Accept-Language: en-us
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; H010818; AT&T
CSM7.0)
Host: g.msn.com
Cookie: ******deleted*********
Connection: keep-alive

+++RESP 4334+++
HTTP/1.1 302 Object moved
Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2003 18:01:48 GMT
Location:
http://search.msn.com/spresults.aspx?q=test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6
+++CLOSE 4334+++
BlockList 4335: in Bypass, line 21

+++GET 4335+++
GET /spresults.aspx?q=test+search+phrase&FORM=IE6 HTTP/1.1
Accept: image/gif, image/x-xbitmap, image/jpeg, image/pjpeg, */*
Referer: http://ie.search.msn.com/en-us/srchasst/srchasst.htm
Accept-Language: en-us
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows 98; H010818; AT&T
CSM7.0)
Host: search.msn.com
Cookie: *****deleted********
Connection: keep-alive

+++RESP 4335+++
HTTP/0.9 200 (No headers)
Server: Unknown, missing HTTP headers
Content-type: unknown
+++CLOSE 4335+++
Click to expand...
You likely have an issue with Proxo, http://asp.flaaten.dk/proxo/
Or
HTH


--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
 
L

LRW

Taking Proxomitron out of the loop corrected the problem.

I'll have to pursue this in the other forum.

Thanks!

LRW
 
S

siljaline

Taking Proxomitron out of the loop corrected the problem.

I'll have to pursue this in the other forum.

Thanks!

LRW
Click to expand...

Terrific, post any Proxo queries to or the ProxoForum
URL that I provided.

Regards,


--
siljaline

"Arguing with anonymous strangers on the Internet is a sucker's game
because they almost always turn out to be -- or to be indistinguishable from
-- self-righteous sixteen-year-olds possessing infinite amounts of free time."
- Neil Stephenson, _Cryptonomicon_
 

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