Please Help!

springblossom28

Please can someone help me? Internet Explorer has not been working properly since yesterday evening. 90% of all pages i try to access or links i click come back with "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". I have to either keep on refreshing or close the page and start again. It is driving me crazy. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

I have been trying to post this message for the last 20 mins but when i click submit new thread it comes back with "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage".!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please help!

PROLIANT

springblossom28 wrote: »

Please can someone help me? Internet Explorer has not been working properly since yesterday evening. 90% of all pages i try to access or links i click come back with "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". I have to either keep on refreshing or close the page and start again. It is driving me crazy. :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

I have been trying to post this message for the last 20 mins but when i click submit new thread it comes back with "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage".!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please help!

Download this program and run it: http://ccleaner.com, it removes alot of the junk left behind from IE and other useless stuff, give it ago I have seen it work in these situations.

springblossom28

Thankyou for the reply. I have downloaded it but when i click on run cleaner it says that " This process will permanently delete files from your system. Are you sure you wish to proceed?"
I don't want to damage anything?

TonyLisaP

How are you connecting to the web? ADSL? Cable? Wireless? Try repairing your network connection, next to the clock on your taskbar should be an icon of 2 computer screens, right click on this and select repair.

Browntoa

in case it's just a setting change use system restore to go back a day or so

instructions here

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx

takes 5 mins and nothing gets lost

Alias_Omega

install mozilla firefox or netscape navigator.

duchy

Sounds like it may not be internet explorer but possibly your internet connection itself. Do other programs like messenger connect OK ?
If you are running wirelessly try connecting using the ethernet cable and see if that makes a difference and look at the lights on your router and see what they are doing also (even if you are already connected using the cable).
I wouldn't touch any programs at this point AT ALL !You are right to not want to delete anything you don't understand!

(Hmmm I feel like I'm at work already and my shift doesn't start til 3pm )

springblossom28

I am connected to the internet by adsl. I have repaired the network connection but no difference.

duchy

OK
Is your computer connected to the router with a cable or are you wireless
Who is your provider and what (general) area are you in (if it's a local problem others using the same provider might have the same issues)
What lights are on/off/flashing on your modem
If you have another browser installed (like netscape or mozilla firefox) do they work ? (Or msn etc)
If you haven't tried it yet-power down your modem for 2 mins and then plug it back in and let the box re-set

springblossom28

Browntoa wrote: »

in case it's just a setting change use system restore to go back a day or so

instructions here

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/systemrestore.mspx

takes 5 mins and nothing gets lost

I have tried system restore and restored to 15/04/08 but there is no difference at all.
Apart from IE everything is working normally (as far as i can see :rolleyes: ).

However my computer has been taking a long time to start up ( about 6-7 mins) for the past 2-3 weeks. I have tried to restore to earlier settings (mid-march) but the reply was "computer says no!" :rotfl: .

ronben

I would open Internet Explorer then click on Tools, Internet Options, Advanced Tab, then click on reset.