Everytime I click on a link from my "favorites" to come to this forum I get
"page cannot be displayed". But if I then click it again it always comes
here immediately. Same thing happens if I type in microsoft.com--nothing but
if I do it again then up comes the microsoft page. Anyoine have any ideas
as to what is happening?

carl43m wrote:

> Everytime I click on a link from my "favorites" to come to this forum I
> get
> "page cannot be displayed". But if I then click it again it always comes
> here immediately. Same thing happens if I type in microsoft.com--nothing
> but
> if I do it again then up comes the microsoft page. Anyoine have any
> ideas as to what is happening?

You are having difficulties because you are using the miserable web interface.
Since you are using the web interface, you may not realize that this is
really a newsgroup. You will get far more out of this resource if you learn
to use a newsreader. There are many good newsreaders for Windows, but you
can use Outlook Express (XP) or Windows Mail (Vista) since you already have
it. Here are some links to information about newsgroups:

About Usenet:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ - Usenet FAQs from the Internet FAQ Archives
http://www.usenetmonster.com/infocenter/
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet - a brief explanation
of newsgroups

Outlook Express/Windows Mail as Newsreader:
http://michaelstevenstech.com/outloo...snewreader.htm
http://rickrogers.org/setupoe.htm
http://vistasupport.mvps.org/accessi...ndows_mail.htm

How to Post:
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Usenet
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/555375 - How to Ask a Question
http://users.tpg.com.au/bzyhjr/liszt.htm - How Not to Get Technical Help on
Usenet
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Malke
--
MS-MVP
Elephant Boy Computers - Don't Panic!
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/#FAQ

Try using a real newsgroup reader. Agent is good, Live Mail is what I use.
Web page based is a bit iffy on replies and substance IMHO.

"carl43m" <> wrote in message
news:AEEF659F-B7E2-4779-949F-...
> Everytime I click on a link from my "favorites" to come to this forum I
> get
> "page cannot be displayed". But if I then click it again it always comes
> here immediately. Same thing happens if I type in microsoft.com--nothing
> but
> if I do it again then up comes the microsoft page. Anyoine have any
> ideas
> as to what is happening?

Stincc wrote:
> Try using a real newsgroup reader. Agent is good, Live Mail is what I
> use. Web page based is a bit iffy on replies and substance IMHO.
>
>
....and Thunderbird is my choice.

Bill