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Old 03-17-2008   #8 (permalink)
Joseph Geretz


 
 

Re: What is it with Vista and IE7? Can't pull up nbc.com???

> "Going to the IP address for nbc.com (64.210.192.67) comes up with a
Quote:

> page that simply says "It works!""
Have you tested this? I didn't see that behavior. I am seeing identical
behavior for both http://64.210.192.67 and http://www.nbc.com.

In Firefox both of these render the page, in IE neither of these work at
all. Internet Explorer cannot display the web page.

Here's what happens in a VB program which I whipped up with an embedded
browser control to see what happens when browsing to nbc.com. Is it the
cross-site access to weatherplus.com which is perhaps throwing IE into a
panic?

- Joseph Geretz -

Navigate to http://www.nbc.com
DownloadBegin
DownloadBegin
DownloadComplete
DownloadBegin
NavigateComplete - http://www.nbc.com/
OpenURL http://www.nbc.com/
OpenURL Completed
DownloadComplete
DocumentComplete - http://www.nbc.com/
DownloadBegin
NavigateComplete - http://www.weatherplus.com/syndfrag/feature.html
OpenURL http://www.weatherplus.com/syndfrag/feature.html
OpenURL Completed
DownloadComplete
DocumentComplete - http://www.weatherplus.com/syndfrag/feature.html
DownloadBegin
DownloadComplete
DownloadBegin
DownloadComplete
DownloadBegin
DownloadComplete


"PNutts" <pnutterfield@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4410B33D-C61B-4D89-AF5C-D9B0BAEA8AAB@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Before anyone wastes their time on this, the problem is with tablet PCs
> and
> when accessing NBC the results are this:
>
> "Going to the IP address for nbc.com (64.210.192.67) comes up with a
> page that simply says "It works!""
>
> I suggest the OP contact NBC to determine the issue. Their site is doing
> something funky.
>
>
> "Joseph Geretz" wrote:
>
Quote:

>> lenovo X61t (laptop / tablet)
>> Vista Business
>> IE 7 - won't pull up nbc.com
>> Firefox - no problem!
>>
>> Is this a side effect of some sort of paternalistic code inserted into IE
>> to
>> keep me 'safe' on the Internet? Well thanks, but no thanks!
>>
>> I'm not the only one, it seems:
>>
>> http://forums.techarena.in/showthread.php?t=921856
>>
>> And how come there's no IE7 group on this server? Has Microsoft given up
>> on
>> the product?
>>
>> Thanks for your help.
>>
>> Joseph Geretz
>>
>>
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