Re: SP2 blocks IE, can I work without it?

Kettercat,

See this thread :
http://www.tech-recipes.com/modules....iewtopic&t=344

Turning off the pop up blocker seems to work for some. Also,
clearing the DNS cache worked for others :
Go to Start, Run type in
cmd
Click OK or press Enter
Type in
ipconfig /flushdns
Press Enter. You should get a message that DNS was flushed.
Type Exit to close the command prompt.

HTH,
MowGreen [MVP]
===============
*-343-* FDNY
Never Forgotten
===============


Kettercat wrote:

> I installed Service Pack 2 a few days ago (I have Windows XP) and everything
> seemed fine, when last night, out of the blue, IE stopped working - meaning,
> it wouldn't display ANYTHING, every single site that I tried to log to, it
> immidiately showed "The page cannot be displayed".
> Other browsers and such seemed to work fine nevertheless.
>
> I removed the SP and IE worked again!
>
> I thought it was simply a coincidence, so I re-installed SP2, and IE stopped
> working again.
>
> What do I do? Why does it keep blocking it?
> It worked fine for a couple of days, so I didn't think it had anything to do
> with it...
>
> I tried making IE an "exception" for the Firewall but nothing changed... my
> question is, IS SERVICE PACK 2 THAT IMPORTANT OR CAN I GO ON AND LIVE SAFELY
> WITHOUT IT?
>
> Hopefully you can help. Thanks a bunch in advance.

Thank you so much! You're a star.

Have a nice day,
- Kettercat.

"MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:

> Kettercat,
>
> See this thread :
> http://www.tech-recipes.com/modules....iewtopic&t=344
>
> Turning off the pop up blocker seems to work for some. Also,
> clearing the DNS cache worked for others :
> Go to Start, Run type in
> cmd
> Click OK or press Enter
> Type in
> ipconfig /flushdns
> Press Enter. You should get a message that DNS was flushed.
> Type Exit to close the command prompt.
>
> HTH,
> MowGreen [MVP]
> ===============
> *-343-* FDNY
> Never Forgotten
> ===============
>
>
> Kettercat wrote:
>
> > I installed Service Pack 2 a few days ago (I have Windows XP) and everything
> > seemed fine, when last night, out of the blue, IE stopped working - meaning,
> > it wouldn't display ANYTHING, every single site that I tried to log to, it
> > immidiately showed "The page cannot be displayed".
> > Other browsers and such seemed to work fine nevertheless.
> >
> > I removed the SP and IE worked again!
> >
> > I thought it was simply a coincidence, so I re-installed SP2, and IE stopped
> > working again.
> >
> > What do I do? Why does it keep blocking it?
> > It worked fine for a couple of days, so I didn't think it had anything to do
> > with it...
> >
> > I tried making IE an "exception" for the Firewall but nothing changed... my
> > question is, IS SERVICE PACK 2 THAT IMPORTANT OR CAN I GO ON AND LIVE SAFELY
> > WITHOUT IT?
> >
> > Hopefully you can help. Thanks a bunch in advance.
>
>

You're mowst welcome ... glad to hear you got this issue
resolved.

MowGreen [MVP]

Kettercat wrote:

> Thank you so much! You're a star.
>
> Have a nice day,
> - Kettercat.
>
> "MowGreen [MVP]" wrote:
>
>
>>Kettercat,
>>
>>See this thread :
>>http://www.tech-recipes.com/modules....iewtopic&t=344
>>
>>Turning off the pop up blocker seems to work for some. Also,
>>clearing the DNS cache worked for others :
>>Go to Start, Run type in
>>cmd
>>Click OK or press Enter
>>Type in
>>ipconfig /flushdns
>>Press Enter. You should get a message that DNS was flushed.
>>Type Exit to close the command prompt.
>>
>>HTH,
>>MowGreen [MVP]
>>===============
>> *-343-* FDNY
>>Never Forgotten
>>===============
>>
>>
>>Kettercat wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I installed Service Pack 2 a few days ago (I have Windows XP) and everything
>>>seemed fine, when last night, out of the blue, IE stopped working - meaning,
>>>it wouldn't display ANYTHING, every single site that I tried to log to, it
>>>immidiately showed "The page cannot be displayed".
>>>Other browsers and such seemed to work fine nevertheless.
>>>
>>>I removed the SP and IE worked again!
>>>
>>>I thought it was simply a coincidence, so I re-installed SP2, and IE stopped
>>>working again.
>>>
>>>What do I do? Why does it keep blocking it?
>>>It worked fine for a couple of days, so I didn't think it had anything to do
>>>with it...
>>>
>>>I tried making IE an "exception" for the Firewall but nothing changed... my
>>>question is, IS SERVICE PACK 2 THAT IMPORTANT OR CAN I GO ON AND LIVE SAFELY
>>>WITHOUT IT?
>>>
>>>Hopefully you can help. Thanks a bunch in advance.
>>
>>