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?

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?

There is a new clue. I've uninstalled the program 'FreshDownload', and
everything works fine. My IE is back.

"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?

Dunk - you're my hero! I had FreshDownload installed too - I've just
uninstalled it and now IE works again! I was about to give up and accept IE
will never work again until I reformatted...

They must've done something to it lately - it used to work fine with IE.

Thanks,

Sam

"Dunk" wrote:

> There is a new clue. I've uninstalled the program 'FreshDownload', and
> everything works fine. My IE is back.
>
> "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?