Neither IE nor Firefox display certain sites

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For example, if I go to PlanetHalflife.com I can open the first page just fine in either browser. But if I click a link to go to another page on teh site, It loads the backround color and teh status bar at teh bottom of the screen reads "Opening page..." in IE and "Transfering data from xxx.com..." But it never loads. If I hit the back button it does the same thing with the page it had previously loaded fine. This happens for loads of sites.

Do any of you have any ideas? This is driving me crazy. I'm thinking about reformatting just to fix this one damn problem.

Please let me know. Thanks.

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JayDubya · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 7:22 pm Post subject:

Sorry, but it sounds like most of those sites just aren't compatable with Firefox =(

Thats the way TN used to be until we got that fixed

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DinkyDogg_ · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 9:22 pm Post subject:

Thing is, those same sites don't work on IE either. But they work on both IE and Firefox on my other comp. Wierd, no?

smith.p.sean · Posted: Sat Jan 29, 2005 9:46 pm Post subject:

try clearing your internet cache. Firefox works with almost all sites. There are very few that it doesnt work with JW. Have you scanned for spyware lately? Try using adaware second edition, and spybot search and destroy. www.majorgeeks.com has them both.

tyrs4u · Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 3:33 pm Post subject:

PUTALE · SirTweaksabit Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 361

maybe there's problem with your windows. I had problem with my windows or something that some sites didn't render well. Had to fix it via reformat and reinstall the whole system. SOmething it's either conflicted or deleted.

I will try to visit ythe site you posted when I got home ot see if it render fine in my home system

thyhammerr · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 192

I am having few problems of my own..

both with FireFox and IE..

well lets start with IE..

wwhen i visit gmail.com and entern my email and all .. it just stucks.. their..

redirects me to tons of pages.. then redirects.. ad just stops.. i have to do tons of cookie clearing before it can run .. :/

as for IE is concerned.. as soon as i enter my Email info the IE sends something to download.. its name is gmail and its from google.gmail.com..

this happens on Orkut too (dling thing)

at first i thougt its spyware.. it turns out most of the peeps are having this problem

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PUTALE · SirTweaksabit Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 361

I just tried the site, it works fine on both the ie and firefox. Although I have AV and ZA and adaware (who knowy maybe one of these 3 is blocking something.

thyhammerr · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 192

well the problem ain't of blocking..

in Firefox.. the damn thing .. just doesn't load..

it loads after tons of retries..

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PUTALE · SirTweaksabit Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 361

i dont' konw, my works fine, it loads quite fine.

zsspeedstream · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 19

i was thinking possibly a proxy go installed on the system.....adaware won't remove it tho....
in IE, tool -> internet options -> connections -> LAN settings, uncheck anything here.
in firefox
about:config in the address bar works wonders you can change a lot of crap in here... check the proxies listed here

also this might help, i posted it a while back on my forum, if any of you frequent there....
How To Speed Up Firefox

1.Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit
return. Scroll down and look for the following
entries:

Alter the entries as follows:

2.A) Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

2.B) Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

2.C) Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some
number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at
once.

2.D). Lastly right-click anywhere and select New->
Integer. Name it "nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set
its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the
browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.
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thyhammerr · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 192

hmmm ..

we have an external / Server Side proxy installed..

so all our net goes through one Server.. :)

it ain't really a problem .. since some times it works great..

other .. it doesn't work at all.. :/

I ll try that .. :)

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PUTALE · SirTweaksabit Joined: 04 Feb 2005 Posts: 361

could it be that your server is blocking certain things? That's what my work place is doing.

thyhammerr · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 192

nope the only things my server blocks is porn..

and lots lots of porns..

though getting around it easy .. get a different proxy on ..

now i have different problems..

a min ago .. everything was working fine .. except few other sites.. and then FF just crashed.. i mean like wasn't showing any Webpage at all :/

weird problems arising..

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2old2care · Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2005 12:55 pm Post subject:

thyhammerr · TweakNOOB Joined: 03 Feb 2005 Posts: 192

well yeah i am .. but it doesn't interfere with any of the browers..
most of the exes like iexplorer and firefox are given full control..

my Admin is an Ahole .. who doesn't know what he is doing.. like today a Unix system just took over his 192.168.0.1 .. IP and he was like what do i do .. what do i do ? ??

.. I just cracked in his unix .. and killed it

.. he came back killed it again.. and he was like thank you .. thank you ..

..

IDIOT..

.. I would also like to know alternative to that program..

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