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yaryou · 09-06-2007, 03:05 PM

Hi there,
This is my first time on this forum and I am trying to solve a problem very much like yours.
I am running on XP and recently updated to IE7. This is when all the problems started. I get the message : "The page cannot be displayed" no matter what webpage I put in. It is not my internet connection as I use Mozilla Firefox for my browser and have no problems accessing the internet from there. But it appears that any Microsoft updates require IE to function so I have concerns about not being able to get IE back up and functioning.
I have followed all the 'fix-it' tips from Microsoft and HP to no avail. I uninstalled IE7 and then IE6 didn't work either (same problem tho it did not have the problem before loading IE7). So then I did a System Restore back to a date before the infamous update and the problem was still there.

My questions are:
Can this be fixed? How?
Is there a way to live without having IE at all? How to deal with things
that seem to require IE for download.

This is driving me nuts!
Thanks, Heidi aka Yaryou

I, like you, am at a total loss how to fix this problem and would greatly appreciate figuring it out as well.

09-06-2007, 03:05 PM	#12 (permalink)
yaryou Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: East Bay, CA Posts: 2 OS: xp	Re: IE cannot connect: 'page cannot be displayed' Hi there, This is my first time on this forum and I am trying to solve a problem very much like yours. I am running on XP and recently updated to IE7. This is when all the problems started. I get the message : "The page cannot be displayed" no matter what webpage I put in. It is not my internet connection as I use Mozilla Firefox for my browser and have no problems accessing the internet from there. But it appears that any Microsoft updates require IE to function so I have concerns about not being able to get IE back up and functioning. I have followed all the 'fix-it' tips from Microsoft and HP to no avail. I uninstalled IE7 and then IE6 didn't work either (same problem tho it did not have the problem before loading IE7). So then I did a System Restore back to a date before the infamous update and the problem was still there. My questions are: Can this be fixed? How? Is there a way to live without having IE at all? How to deal with things that seem to require IE for download. This is driving me nuts! Thanks, Heidi aka Yaryou I, like you, am at a total loss how to fix this problem and would greatly appreciate figuring it out as well.