MS 504 Gateway Timeout

[Nurmi]

I drive WinXP (SP3) Explorer 7 with latest up-date,
Each time I attempt to hyperlink to any of MS Pages I Timeout! When I take
that same URL copy it into Firefox, I get to the page.
Notification of an answer to this problem received in my Outlook, cannot be
used because, you guessed it - Gateway Timeout -
I am grateful for any advice you care to send.

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Post by Nurmi
I drive WinXP (SP3) Explorer 7 with latest up-date,
Each time I attempt to hyperlink to any of MS Pages I Timeout! When I take
that same URL copy it into Firefox, I get to the page.
Notification of an answer to this problem received in my Outlook, cannot be
used because, you guessed it - Gateway Timeout -
I am grateful for any advice you care to send.

[VanguardLH]

Post by Nurmi
I drive WinXP (SP3) Explorer 7 with latest up-date,
Each time I attempt to hyperlink to any of MS Pages I Timeout! When I take
that same URL copy it into Firefox, I get to the page.
Notification of an answer to this problem received in my Outlook, cannot be
used because, you guessed it - Gateway Timeout -
I am grateful for any advice you care to send.

Disable WPAD (Web Proxy Auto-Discover) in Internet Explorer:

- Internet Options -> Connections -> LAN
- Disable 'Automatically detect settings'

Regarding WPAD, read:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307502
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2204911/microsoft-warns-vulnerability
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/945713.mspx
http://perimetergrid.com/wp/2008/01/11/wpad-internet-explorers-worst-...

I have had that option disabled for many years. I don't use web proxies
and don't remember ever having an ISP that hooked me up to one. I never
saw a need to enable this option (at home) but then I've never been on a
3rd tier provider/domain, either. There is no point to do the multitude
host searches trying to find a WPAD server when there isn't one. It can
cause a "gateway timeout" error in IE because it took too long to find a
WPAD server (that does not exist). The WPAD functionality is documented
in the IEAK (Internet Explorer Administration Kit).