Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

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Occasionally (and seemingly more frequent) I get the following:   Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage   This happens on ALL websites I try to access.  If I close I.E. and try Mozilla, SAME!  The only way I have found to clear this 'anomalie' is to reboot. Then all is fine for a while.   Suggestions??

Garred · Answer

smartalecktexan wrote: Occasionally (and seemingly more frequent) I get the following:   Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage   This happens on ALL websites I try to access.  If I close I.E. and try Mozilla, SAME!  The only way I have found to clear this 'anomalie' is to reboot. Then all is fine for a while.   Suggestions?? Take a look at what Microsoft has to say about this. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/926431

scotteredu · Answer

When this happens is it www.amazon.com in the address bar or http://www.amazon.com?  Sounds silly, I know (you haven't needed to type in the HTTP since waaay back when) but try it.   My laptop (Vista Ultimate was doing the same thing).  I reloaded both the hardwired (LAN) and wireless drivers (the wireless was an update) and it worked - but for a time, on occasion, if I didn't put in HTTP I could not go anyware.   Give the network drivers a reload and see if the issue goes away.

smartalecktexan · Answer

Thanks for the tip - Today when it happened I ran some tests:  (1) can ping all pc's on my home network (2) can ping internet web IP addresses (3) CANNOT ping URL's ! (DHCP problem??)   But a few minutes after doing all that, the darn thing started working again, without rebooting.   Thoughts? Suggestions?   Apparently not a browser issue as it happens on both I.E. and Mozilla.

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