2 unresolved issues

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1. IE still hangs whenever I attempt to access www.microsoft.com, I know
there are many others with this issue. Anyone resolve it?

2. When I go to espn.com, I can browse all the main pages fine, but if I
click
on an article IE will hang while it is loading the page (almost finishes it).
I can then end the program and open another IE window, go to ESPN.com and
read all the articles I want. In other words it only hangs the first time I
go to the site and click on an article, not on subsequent times. It does
this after any restart and I believe after waking from standby as well.

Running a top of the line Dell Laptop with XP Pro and SP2 installed.

Incidentally these problem were not present before SP2. Then again neither
was the javascript problem, but I seem to have fixed that.

I am certain that I have neither virus nor spyware/malware on my machine.
In fact I think it is a little funny what some users on this forum seem to
blame spyware, several of those issues appear to be MS incompatability rather
than spyware. Spyware/malware rarely is designed to prevent you from viewing
things, rather it tries to redirect and/or copy.
 
Hi Beau :-)

For this one:
1. IE still hangs whenever I attempt to access www.microsoft.com, I
know there are many others with this issue. Anyone resolve it?
Click to expand...

There may be something in your Hosts file that is blocking this site and
preventing it from being loaded. Check to see if there is something
regarding this site. If so, simply place a # in the very beginning of the
line, close and save the Hosts file, then try the site again. If not, then
try renaming the hosts file.

HOSTS Files:
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.zip
or
http://accs-net.com/hosts/get_hosts.html

How to Edit HOST File
http://www.lithiumdata.com/QandA/hosts.htm


If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan :)
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Hi Beau :-)
Unfortunately it didn't work.

the site was not listed and renaming it did not help.
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The microsoft.com site is a secure site, and this is has become a very
regular problem after the SP2 install, and sometimes difficult to nail. Try
the following and see if it will help:

Problems accessing secure sites/ cannot install 128 bit encryption
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers2.htm#secure_sites

or...........for XP

To download Java VM for XP:

Download the Microsoft Java VM for Windows XP here
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Click Start, Run and type this command
REGSVR32 JSCRIPT

JavaScript not working. Test your JS here to see if it is working properly:

http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/IEFAQ.htm Tips #21 & 46
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=281679
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers2.htm#hyperlinks
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers.htm#new_window

You can try updating your scripting engine. The latest scripting engine can
be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c717d943-7e4b-

Do you have the JavaScript plug-in installed?
http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=9567

or...........

You might also try installing the Windows Script 5.6 for Windows 2000 and XP
if you have not already done so. The install includes a new jscript.dl
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...43-7E4B-4622-86EB-95A22B832CAA&displaylang=en


If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan :)
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Hi Beau :-)
Nope, none of it. I tried alot of stuff too... bummer.
Click to expand...

'k...do you have any additional type of toolbar, like Google or Yahoo that
might have some restrictions or blocking restrictions that could be
interfering? If you have Yahoo Companion, uninstall it. Or, perhaps the
security settings of your firewall, or Anti-virus.

Perhaps you might try the following:

Allow active content to run in files on My Computer - Windows XP Service
Pack 2:
http://www.winxptutor.com/lmzunlock.htm

If these steps do not resolve your problem, please post back to this thread
with the details and any error messages.

Hope this helps

Jan :)
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