Err Msg: Error 404: Requested Information Is Unavailable

• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 5 for Windows 95
• Microsoft Windows 98
• Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 3.0, 3.01, 3.02, 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5 for Windows 98

SYMPTOMS

When you click a link to another Web page in Internet Explorer, you may receive the following error message:

Error - 404
Requested information is unavailable. Failed to connect to server.

CAUSE

The Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) code for the link before the selected link in the Web page is missing a quotation mark. Although some Internet browsers, including Internet Explorer version 2.0, permit this error to pass and connect to the link, Internet Explorer version 3.0 and later strictly adhere to the convention of enclosing links within quotation marks.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, notify the author of the Web page of the HTML coding error.

Additional query words: 3.00 4.00 5.0 5.00

Keywords : kberrmsg kbtool msiew95 msient win98 msiew98
Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.01,3.02,4.0,4.01,4.01 Service Pack 1,5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb