It's some kind of cross-domain problem.
I threw nbc.com into my trusted sites. No change. I threw weatherplus.com
into my trusted sites. Now when I browse to nbc.com I wait, and wait and
wait - Waiting for
http://www.nbc.com/...
I'm not a big fan of Firefox. But here's one that they got right.
- Joseph Geretz -
"Joseph Geretz" <jgeretz@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:uQ22qtKiIHA.5820@xxxxxx
Quote:
Quote:
>> "Going to the IP address for nbc.com (64.210.192.67) comes up with a
>> 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
>>>
>>> >