Webmaster Forum / Browsers / Internet Explorer / July 2004

I had my primary master harddrive fail, and last week I had to
reinstall Windows XP with SP1 on a new PM harddrive. After I installed
XP, I installed *all*  the "critical updates" from windows update,
(and most of the "recommended updates")..  

I now find that FTP access via IE6 is not working.. I do not get any
specific error messages, (other than if I wait long enough (quite a
long time, at least 5-10 minutes), the request will time out, and I
get the generic "cannot find server - page cannot be found" page
..  

As far as I can tell, IE is not even looking on the net for the
requested FTP addresses, but just more or less sitting there (there
is no modem activity after requesting an FTP site)...

My "about" page on IE6 shows the following:

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Version: 6.0.2800.1106.xpsp2.030422-1633
Cipher Strength 128 bit
Product ID <ID number here>
Update Versions:; SP1; Q330994; Q828750; Q837009; Q832894; Q831167
**********************************
This problem seems to apply to all FTP sites, happening  with every
single FTP site I have tried to access..

I checked some of these sites with Getright's browser, and it can find
the sites fine...

Any ideas?

JM