Hotmail, Passport and others won't work on I.E. 6

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Olly

I have I.E. version 6.0.2800.1006 on Windows ME 4.90.3000
with all the updates installed for both of them.

The problem is when I try to log on to Hotmail or other
passport sites it stops after I submit my username and
password. No error message or anything pops up when I try
to log on. It just says "done" on the status bar and the
page area is blank.

All the SSL and Cookie options are unabled to allow me to
log on to a passport sites, but I have noticed browser
detection pages don't seem to work either. I don't know if
that's related to my problem with passport sites or not.

Any help would be most appreciated.

Thanks,

Olly
 
Yes, I wanted to know if Q831167 was installed and it is.

Courtesy of MVP Mike Burgess:

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Several of these are known to cause problems:
1) Zone Alarm Pro [Private Header Info - enabled?]
Reset "Ad Blocking" and "Cookie Control" to "medium"
"Mobile Code Control" = Off

2) Symantec (ISS\NIS)[Enable Browser Privacy - enabled]
Active Content - "Allow All Script To Execute"
Problem: some sites cannot detect the 128 bit encryption
Solution: Completely remove and reinstall NIS.

3) Any "ad blocking" software that blocks "http_referer"
or contains entries that are blocking access to the desired site.

4) HOSTS file that contains entries that are blocking access to the desired
site.

5) Cookie blocking software that are blocking "required" Cookies.

6) Pop-up blockers that are stripping header\url info.

7) WebWasher Standard Filter/URL Filter

8) Make sure the following entry is not corrupt:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet
Settings]
"User Agent"="Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Win32)"

Note: "Win32" = Windows 98\ME
Other versions = (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.0;)
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