Loaded SP2 with AOL dial-up, but IE6 displays blank pages

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I have AOL 8.5 plus dial-up, which I use strictly for connection purposes,
using IE 6.01 for browsing. Up until I installed SP2, I had no problems, but
once I did, IE would not open web pages, giving "this page cannot be found"
type errors. I uninstalled SP2, and things work normally again. Somewhere I
vaguely remember a comment about this problem, but I can't remember where. I
use Norton Anti-Virus and ZoneAlert (freeware version, with latest update).
I didn't know to turn off anti-virus before installing SP2 (found that while
browsing other threads), and can certainly try that now, but is there a fix
anyone knows about to enable the three to coexist effectively? Was there a
port I had to open?
Thanks to all for reading.
 
Ira again...just remembering, I did inactivate Windows Firewall during
initial setup of SP2, so I didn't have a firewall conflict, which I know is a
potential problem.
 
Hi Ira

I'm having a similar problem. Did you ever find a solution to yours?
Here is my original post to another forum (no reply yet :-)

Hello

My 1st post here, this site sure has many XP posts...

I have set up for DSL access on both my old XP Home Ed and new XP Pro
SP2 computers, as per the following link:
http://service.sympatico.ca/index.c...ontent_id=1158, which seems a
pretty standard method. I have specified 'dial whenever a network
connection is not present' in e.g. IE > Tools > Internet Options >
Connections. This gives me a 'not always on' DSL connection which I
prefer for security reasons.

Now, whenever a pgm like IE or Outlook needs the net, on my XP Home Ed
I manually connect via a 'Dial-Up Connection' prompt. This behaviour is
flaky under XP Pro SP2, however: most of the time the pgm (I have tried
IE and Outlook only) just sits and waits w/o any prompt... at other
times, it works. If I activate the link via the ISP's shortcut
('Connect') it works, but I prefer the prompt method (it permits e.g.
easy auto-logoff/on, spyware detection, etc.)

Of course, both the computer mfg. and ISP help lines are clueless...

Any ideas? Could it have anything to do with the following XP2 bug?
http://pchell.com/support/limitedconnectivity.shtml. I am reluctant to
patch 'just to try'...

Thanks in advance for any and all help.
regards,
Sy
 
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