Internet Explorer won't open a certain web page.

[Jerry]

Internet Explorer won't open www.msnbc.msn.com ... Firefox will. Does
anyone know why IE can't seem to open this website? Neither IE 6, nor
IE 7 will open it.

I've tried editing the Hosts file, I've tried putting msnbc.msn.com
into the browsers "Trusted sites" list ... nothing seems to work.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Jim]

Internet Explorer won't open www.msnbc.msn.com ... Firefox will. Does
anyone know why IE can't seem to open this website? Neither IE 6, nor
IE 7 will open it.

I've tried editing the Hosts file, I've tried putting msnbc.msn.com
into the browsers "Trusted sites" list ... nothing seems to work.

Thanks in advance.

Works fine with IE here.

Jim

 

[Unk]

Internet Explorer won't open www.msnbc.msn.com ... Firefox will. Does
anyone know why IE can't seem to open this website? Neither IE 6, nor
IE 7 will open it.

I've tried editing the Hosts file, I've tried putting msnbc.msn.com
into the browsers "Trusted sites" list ... nothing seems to work.

Thanks in advance.

Works fine here.

Close IE, click Start, Settings. Control Panel, Internet Options, "Security" tab.
Click each Zone, (Internet, Local intranet, etc.) and click the "Default Level" button for each
zone. When done, click "Apply". Click the "General" tab, and under "Temporary Internet Files",
click the "Delete Files" button, check the box, "Delete all offline content", "OK". After it
finishes, click the "Settings" button and lower the amount of disk space to use to 10 Meg. Click
"OK", "Apply". I've seen it well over a gig. Folders that big are prone to crosslinked files.
Clear it weekly, or sooner, especially if IE starts acting funny. You can automate the process
by clicking the "Advanced" tab, scroll down to "Security", and check the box, "Empty Temporary
Internet Files folder when browser is closed", click "Apply", "OK"

 

[Jerry]

Works fine here.

Close IE, click Start, Settings. Control Panel, Internet Options, "Security" tab.
Click each Zone, (Internet, Local intranet, etc.) and click the "Default Level" button for each
zone. When done, click "Apply". Click the "General" tab, and under "Temporary Internet Files",
click the "Delete Files" button, check the box, "Delete all offline content", "OK". After it
finishes, click the "Settings" button and lower the amount of disk space to use to 10 Meg. Click
"OK", "Apply". I've seen it well over a gig. Folders that big are prone to crosslinked files.
Clear it weekly, or sooner, especially if IE starts acting funny. You can automate the process
by clicking the "Advanced" tab, scroll down to "Security", and check the box, "Empty Temporary
Internet Files folder when browser is closed", click "Apply", "OK"

Nope...didn't fix it. This is a stubborn one. I don't understand why
Firefox opens it with no problem, yet IE 6 and IE 7 can't.

 

[HeyBub]

Nope...didn't fix it. This is a stubborn one. I don't understand why
Firefox opens it with no problem, yet IE 6 and IE 7 can't.

IE6 *CAN* open the site - at least here (on four XP-Pro machines). At your
desk something other than IE6 (or XP) is the culprit.

 

[Jerry]

IE6 *CAN* open the site - at least here (on four XP-Pro machines). At your
desk something other than IE6 (or XP) is the culprit.

I realize that it can be opened by IE 6 on other computers. Firefox
opens it on my computer! I'm seeking a solution if anyone has one.

Why would one browser open it yet, on the very same computer, another
browser can't . Particularly a website partly owned by microsoft.