Erratic or Unusual Browsing Problems in Internet Explorer 3.0

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 3.0 for Windows 95

SYMPTOMS

When you are using Internet Explorer 3.0 to browse the Internet, you may experience any of the following symptoms:

• Erratic browsing ability
• You can see only Microsoft sites (you receive a "Connection timed out" message from all other sites)
• Downloads arrive in surges, if at all
• You cannot connect to any sites at all

CAUSE

This behavior has been observed on computers running both Internet Explorer 3.0 and Novell's 32-bit network client for Windows 95.

RESOLUTION

This problem no longer occurs in Internet Explorer version 3.01. For information about obtaining Internet Explorer 3.01, please see the following Microsoft Web site:

   http://www.microsoft.com/ie/

MORE INFORMATION

Note that the problem described in this article can also occur if the page you are trying to view uses the </noframes> tag incorrectly. To determine if this is the case, access the page and then save it to your local hard disk. Edit the page in Notepad and remove the </noframes> tag, and then save the page. Try to view the local page. If you can view the page after removing the </noframes> tag, notify the administrator of the Web site that the page needs to be corrected. Note that this HTML tag does not affect Internet Explorer 2.0.