Pagecould not be opened

[Ray Gill]

Hi,

I am running Internet Explorer with Windows XP Home and
using Broadband. My Norton Antivirus was updated a few
days ago, but has not found anything.

I am experiencing problems accessing the Internet. Every
site I visit I get the message "The page could not be
opened". I have tried adjusting settings under
Internet/Options, disabling firewalls etc. I am receiving
E-mail OK through Outlook Express so no problem with
connection.

Problems initially started when an embedded home page was
put on IE. I followed the instructions from your site
using msconfig and found the following start up file which
is probably causing the forced homepage.

Start up item Command Location
regedit -s sys regedit -s sys.reg
Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version\Run

Could I ask how to delete this file and resort to a normal
startup I presently have it switched off in the system
configuration utility.

I do not know if the problem with Internet Access is
linked with this problem. I would appreciate your advice.

Rgds

Ray Gill

 

[Guest]

Ray, Check and see if you can open HTTPS URLs. I am
having the same problem you are, but found that I only
have problems opening HTTP sites. My IE6 opens HTTPS URLs
just fine.

DennisV

 

[Shaneo]

Im having a similar problem, about half the sites on the
internet dont work, even tho they work in town wen i go
in??

any help with this?

 

[Guest]

I am unable to open anything from IE 6; I also have Yahoo Browser which is working fine (don't know why because it works because it is dependent on IE). I am using DSL for connection; when I try to troubleshoot all the instructions I get are for dial-up. I have changed to default settings; cleaned cache; checked all the settings and nothing works. I have several programs that update and use IE only. I have tried to uninstall and re-install and am told that newer one is now on my computer. I would appreciate any help; feel free to e-mail me directly if you have other questions.