Unless it has been tampered with, IE will automatically supply the
"http://" part of the URL. It never assumes that a typed entry represents
a file -- you have to force that with a "file:" prefix. "yahoo.com"
appears to be an alias for "www.yahoo.com", so typing just "yahoo.com"
(without the quotes) into the address bar should take you promptly to
www.yahoo.com. If it doesn't, then something is interfering or some
setting has been trashed.


Rob Wilkens <RobW@optonline.net> wrote:
> You must've installed something that reigstered another protocol type.
> Don't ask me how to fix it, I don't use IE much. http:// is really required
> for all web pages, it tells the browser your using hypertext transfer
> protocol. Besides, IE can run files, and ever since the DOS days something
> that ends in ".com" is considered a command which can be executed and to
> type that in without http can just be downright stupid.

> -Rob

> "JackGSD" <JackGSD@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:A97D71D5-84BB-4352-BFF7-6748F566AFEB@microsoft.com...
> > Something happened today to my system. I used to be able to type a web
> > page
> > address without the http:// or the www and it loaded fine. Now it takes
> > over
> > a minute to load unless I type out the http://www.
> >
> > If I type "yahoo.com" then it takes over a minute to load. Even if I type
> > out "www.yahoo.com" it takes over a minute. But as soon as I type
> > http://www.yahoo.com, the page loads immediatly. What is going on?
> >
> > I compaired all my settings with my friends computer (in IE) and they
> > match
> > so I can't figure out what's going on. HELP!

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Gary L. Smith
Columbus, Ohio