Yap! We got the same problem. But I can't find any helpful clue to solve it.
I've re-installed the IE several times however.

I think I should make a new post to stir it from silence.

Dunk

"Samuel Lai" wrote:

> I have the same problem. Other browsers such as Opera and Firefox all work
> fine, but Internet Explorer and programs that utilise the IE control (e.g. MS
> Outlook, WebBrowser control in VS2005) do not work with HTTP URLs. FTP, HTTPS
> both work fine however.
>
> The exception is that the web browser component of Windows Media Player
> works fine - I am led to believe that the site displayed there is on the HTTP
> protocol.
>
> I am running Windows XP SP2.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Sam
>
> "Dunk" wrote:
>
> > My ie browser hangs on the http request; The IE icon at the right top is
> > animating though, but no connections were built when I monitor it by the
> > 'netstat -na' command.
> >
> > I can't go anywhere with http request even the windows update site, but the
> > 'ftp' protocol works fine. What is the problem with my IE?