IE6 Stops working for all but https sites

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Todd

My Internet Explorer just sometimes stops working for
anything other than Secure sites (https://) As long as the
site has https, I can access it. I know I am still
connected to the internet because I can start and play
Online games just fine. I just can't seem to connect to
anything using http addressing. I cannot access Symantec
to do a LiveUpdate or McAfee either. I have to reboot the
computer and then it works just fine. I thought it had
something to do with XP Service Pack 2 but I uninstalled
it and still had this problem. I can't seem to replicate
the problem at will ... it just happens at odd times.

Using XP Home Edition with SP2 reinstalled. I have run
McAfee AntiSpyware as well as Spybot and Norton
Antivirus. Nothing is reported.
 
Hi Todd :-)
My Internet Explorer just sometimes stops working for
anything other than Secure sites (https://) As long as the
site has https, I can access it. I know I am still
connected to the internet because I can start and play
Online games just fine. I just can't seem to connect to
anything using http addressing. I cannot access Symantec
to do a LiveUpdate or McAfee either. I have to reboot the
computer and then it works just fine. I thought it had
something to do with XP Service Pack 2 but I uninstalled
it and still had this problem. I can't seem to replicate
the problem at will ... it just happens at odd times.

Using XP Home Edition with SP2 reinstalled. I have run
McAfee AntiSpyware as well as Spybot and Norton
Antivirus. Nothing is reported.
Click to expand...


Try the following and see if anything here will help:

Download and run:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG to restore
your default Search functionality and reset your prefixes. Although, you
will have to manually re-select Customizations you may have had.

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

Restore default Search functions:

In order to restore you default Search functions, download and run the
program below. You will have to redo any customized features you may have
added afterward.
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG

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

Courtesy of Tony Klein, MS MVP:

This will restore the Windows defaults for a whole lot of Search related
registry entries.

CAUTION: BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST!

Close IE, copy the bold to Notepad, save as Search.reg (save as 'all files',
and doubleclick. Answer 'yes' when prompted to add the contents of
Search.reg to the Registry:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.
htm"
"CustomizeSearch"="http://ie.search.msn.com/{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchcust.
htm"
"Default_Search_URL"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=ies
earch"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
""="http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\main]
"Search Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"Search Bar"="http://search.msn.com/spbasic.htm"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""

[-HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\DefaultPre
fix]
@="http://"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\URL\Prefixes]
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://

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

Restrore Search:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG
This will restore your default Search functionality. You will, however,
have to restore any custom setups you may have had before.

Download the fix - Reset Search:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/IEFIX.reg

This will restore your default Search functionality. However, if you had
any custom adjustments you have made will have to re-select them.



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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I have the same problem. I doubt it has anything to do
with search. How can you download anything when the
browser doesn't work?
Don.T
-----Original Message-----
Hi Todd :-)



Try the following and see if anything here will help:

Download and run:
http://www.kellys-korner-
Click to expand...
xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG to restore
your default Search functionality and reset your prefixes. Although, you
will have to manually re-select Customizations you may have had.

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

Restore default Search functions:

In order to restore you default Search functions, download and run the
program below. You will have to redo any customized features you may have
added afterward.
http://www.kellys-korner- xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG

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

Courtesy of Tony Klein, MS MVP:

This will restore the Windows defaults for a whole lot of Search related
registry entries.

CAUTION: BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST!

Close IE, copy the bold to Notepad, save as Search.reg (save as 'all files',
and doubleclick. Answer 'yes' when prompted to add the contents of
Search.reg to the Registry:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/
Click to expand...
{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.
htm"
"CustomizeSearch"="http://ie.search.msn.com/
Click to expand...
{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchcust.
htm"
"Default_Search_URL"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redi r.dll?prd=ie&ar=ies
earch"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
""="http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Click to expand...
Explorer\main]
"Search Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll? prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"Search Bar"="http://search.msn.com/spbasic.htm"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""

[-
Click to expand...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\URL][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\URL][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\URL\DefaultPre
fix]
@="http://"
Click to expand...
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\URL\Prefixes]
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://

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

Restrore Search:
http://www.kellys-korner- xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG
This will restore your default Search functionality. You will, however,
have to restore any custom setups you may have had before.

Download the fix - Reset Search:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/IEFIX.reg

This will restore your default Search functionality. However, if you had
any custom adjustments you have made will have to re- select them.



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 Don.t :-)
I have the same problem. I doubt it has anything to do
with search. How can you download anything when the
browser doesn't work?
Click to expand...

NOTE: If you can not download these programs from the Internet, if your PC
has CD read capabilities, go to another computer with CD-ROM burning
capabilities. Create a folder on the hard drive of the other computer called
HOLD, download the programs to that folder, then burn that folder to a CD.
Copy the HOLD folder to your HD and then install the programs from there
and run them. After you have IE access again, update all programs where
possible to get the latest definitions and run them again to be sure there
are no lingering items on the system.

If you are interested in some help, and these steps did not resolve your
problem, then please a open new post of your own stating all the facts or
your particular problem, which version of Windows you have, and the exact
wording of any error messages you are getting. Then perhaps we can offer
some helpful information that will resolve your problem

Thank you :-)

Jan :)
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-----Original Message-----
Hi Todd :-)



Try the following and see if anything here will help:

Download and run:
http://www.kellys-korner-
Click to expand...
xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG to restore
your default Search functionality and reset your prefixes.
Although, you will have to manually re-select Customizations you may
have had.

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

Restore default Search functions:

In order to restore you default Search functions, download and run
the program below. You will have to redo any customized features you
may have added afterward.
http://www.kellys-korner- xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG

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

Courtesy of Tony Klein, MS MVP:

This will restore the Windows defaults for a whole lot of Search
related registry entries.

CAUTION: BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST!

Close IE, copy the bold to Notepad, save as Search.reg (save as 'all
files', and doubleclick. Answer 'yes' when prompted to add the
contents of Search.reg to the Registry:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/ {SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.
htm"
"CustomizeSearch"="http://ie.search.msn.com/
Click to expand...
{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchcust.
htm"
"Default_Search_URL"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redi
r.dll?prd=ie&ar=ies earch"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
""="http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\main]
"Search Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?
prd=ie&ar=iesearch" "Search Bar"="http://search.msn.com/spbasic.htm"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\URLSearchHooks] "{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""

[- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\URL][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\URL][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\URL\DefaultPre
fix]
@="http://"
Click to expand...
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVers
ion\URL\Prefixes]
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://

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

Restrore Search:
http://www.kellys-korner- xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG
This will restore your default Search functionality. You will, however,
have to restore any custom setups you may have had before.

Download the fix - Reset Search:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/IEFIX.reg

This will restore your default Search functionality. However, if you
had any custom adjustments you have made will have to re- select
them.



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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Click to expand...
 
Hello again!

I tried doing this
Download and run:
http://www.kellys-korner-
Click to expand...
xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG to restore
your default Search functionality and reset your
Click to expand...
prefixes.

But I am still having the intermittent problem with my
browser no longer working for anything other than https
sites. I can't make it happen at will or at least I
haven't yet discovered any certain thing that triggers
this action. I have to reboot the computer to get
browsing capability back. I am running XP Home with SP2
and IE6 with latest SP. I also run Adaware, Spybot Search
& Destroy, and McAfee Antispyware on a regular basis.
Other programs typically running include a Team Speak
server (http://www.teamspeak.org) and a game (City of
Heroes). I do have XP SP2 Firewall on and I use a Router
(Microsoft MN-700 Base Station).

Additionally, the Search from the Address bar still seems
to be nonfunctional. If I type something in the address
bar, it looks like it is trying but nothing happens other
than a blank page. For example, I typed in "falcons" in
the bar and this popped up in the address bar
http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?
srch=106&FORM=AS6&q=falcons but all that displayed was a
white page.
-----Original Message-----
Hi Todd :-)



Try the following and see if anything here will help:

Download and run:
http://www.kellys-korner-
Click to expand...
xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG to restore
your default Search functionality and reset your prefixes. Although, you
will have to manually re-select Customizations you may have had.

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

Restore default Search functions:

In order to restore you default Search functions, download and run the
program below. You will have to redo any customized features you may have
added afterward.
http://www.kellys-korner- xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG

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

Courtesy of Tony Klein, MS MVP:

This will restore the Windows defaults for a whole lot of Search related
registry entries.

CAUTION: BACKUP YOUR REGISTRY FIRST!

Close IE, copy the bold to Notepad, save as Search.reg (save as 'all files',
and doubleclick. Answer 'yes' when prompted to add the contents of
Search.reg to the Registry:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Search]
"SearchAssistant"="http://ie.search.msn.com/
Click to expand...
{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchasst.
htm"
"CustomizeSearch"="http://ie.search.msn.com/
Click to expand...
{SUB_RFC1766}/srchasst/srchcust.
htm"
"Default_Search_URL"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir ..dll?prd=ie&ar=ies
earch"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\SearchUrl]
""="http://home.microsoft.com/access/autosearch.asp?p=%s"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet
Click to expand...
Explorer\main]
"Search Page"="http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll? prd=ie&ar=iesearch"
"Search Bar"="http://search.msn.com/spbasic.htm"

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\URLSearchHooks]
"{CFBFAE00-17A6-11D0-99CB-00C04FD64497}"=""

[-
Click to expand...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersio
n\URL][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\URL][HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\URL\DefaultPre
fix]
@="http://"
Click to expand...
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersi
on\URL\Prefixes]
"ftp"="ftp://"
"gopher"="gopher://"
"home"="http://"
"mosaic"="http://"
"www"="http://

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

Restrore Search:
http://www.kellys-korner- xp.com/regs_edits/RestoreSearch2.REG
This will restore your default Search functionality. You will, however,
have to restore any custom setups you may have had before.

Download the fix - Reset Search:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/downloads/tools/IEFIX.reg

This will restore your default Search functionality. However, if you had
any custom adjustments you have made will have to re- select them.



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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