Newly Launched Browser Won't Open Pages

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DaveR

My machine recently developed a problem whereby a new Internet
Explorer instance is unable to connect to any sites, but existing IE
windows can connect fine.

When Iaunch IE and try to navigate to a site, the status bar says
"Opening page http://....." but the site never appears. The browser
will stay like this indefinitely; an error page never appears.

If I use a previously open IE window, and use File->New->Window to
open a new browser window, that new window works fine. The problem
only occurs with a freshly launched IE instance, or with any other
application that attempts to open a website using Windows API. Firefox
works fine.

A reboot solves the problem, and then things will work fine for hours
or even days before it occurs again.

I'm on Windows XP SP1, and up-to-date on all critical patches.
IE version 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.050301-1526IC
Update versions SP1; Q822925; Q330994; Q828750; Q837009; Q832894;
Q867801.

Any ideas would be appreciated.
 
DaveR said:
My machine recently developed a problem whereby a new Internet
Explorer instance is unable to connect to any sites, but existing IE
windows can connect fine.

When Iaunch IE and try to navigate to a site, the status bar says
"Opening page http://....." but the site never appears. The browser
will stay like this indefinitely; an error page never appears.

If I use a previously open IE window, and use File->New->Window to
open a new browser window, that new window works fine. The problem
only occurs with a freshly launched IE instance, or with any other
application that attempts to open a website using Windows API. Firefox
works fine.

A reboot solves the problem, and then things will work fine for hours
or even days before it occurs again.

I'm on Windows XP SP1, and up-to-date on all critical patches.
IE version 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.050301-1526IC
Update versions SP1; Q822925; Q330994; Q828750; Q837009; Q832894;
Q867801.

Any ideas would be appreciated.
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From http://www.fjsmjs.com/OE/nolinks.htm

1. Click Start, and then click Run.

2. In the Open box, type:

regsvr32 urlmon.dll

3. Click OK, and then click OK again when you receive the following message:

DllRegisterServer in urlmon.dll succeeded.


4. If that doesn't fix it, see this article:

http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/answers/26.html

5. If you are using WinXP try this:
http://www.mvps.org/sramesh2k/reg/IE_Default_Browser.reg

6. See Internet Explorer 6.0 Service Pack 1 may display a blank Web page
after you select Auto-Select encoding
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/870863

You can also try this:

Go to Start/run, and type SFC (msconfig for WinXP).
Choose 'Extract One File From Installation Disk' ("Expand File" for WinXP).
Type oleaut32.dll, not worrying about its location. Then, click Start.

Next to 'Restore From', type in or browse for the file's location, which is
probably in the Win98 (i386 for WinXP) folder of your installation CD-ROM
(typically D:\Win98), or in your Windows\Options\Cabs (Windows\i386 for
WinXP) folder, as the case may be.

Then, next to 'Save File In', enter C:\Windows\System (C:\Windows\System32
for WinXP), and click OK. System File Checker (or msconfig) looks for the
file, saves it as you requested, and then tells you that 'the file has been
successfully extracted'.

You may need to reboot.

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Thanks but none of these apply and those that do did not work.

The problem is intermittent; IE works perfectly for an indeterminate
period of time. Then all of a sudden my system starts to hang when I
try to open a URL from a NEW IE window. But I can continue to open
URLs from existing IE windows.

I'm afraid this is an undiscovered bug in one of the latest security
patches. It is very frustrating. Makes me want to switch to Firefox...
 
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