IE6 does not let me read the NY Times

[Walter R.]

I just reinstalled windows XP SP2 with IE6.

The internet works fine on all websites, except when I try to access the New
York Times ( www.nytimes.com ). The site freezes almost immediately and
prevents me from accessing links from this site.

I have set Security and Privacy at default levels (medium). Pentium 4, 1.6
gb, 512 MB memory.

Why is only one site on the internet giving me so much trouble? Is their
website too complex for IE6?

Thanks for any help.

Walter

[R. McCarty]

NYT's is a fairly complex site. The home page places ( or attempts to
place ) at least 6-7 3rd-party cookies. Is your XP fully updated ? also
does your setup have add-ons installed such as Sun Java, Shockwave
and Flash Players. Many web pages make use of this type of content
and pages may not properly display without them.

Post by Walter R.
I just reinstalled windows XP SP2 with IE6.
The internet works fine on all websites, except when I try to access the
New York Times ( www.nytimes.com ). The site freezes almost immediately
and prevents me from accessing links from this site.
I have set Security and Privacy at default levels (medium). Pentium 4, 1.6
gb, 512 MB memory.
Why is only one site on the internet giving me so much trouble? Is their
website too complex for IE6?
Thanks for any help.
Walter

[Milt]

Walter,

I'm using Win XP Home SP3. I don't have any problem viewing NYT. It
worked fine with SP 1 and SP 2 also. So you have a problem. Sorry, but I
can't help, though.

Milt

Post by Walter R.
I just reinstalled windows XP SP2 with IE6.
The internet works fine on all websites, except when I try to access the New
York Times ( www.nytimes.com ). The site freezes almost immediately and
prevents me from accessing links from this site.
I have set Security and Privacy at default levels (medium). Pentium 4, 1.6
gb, 512 MB memory.
Why is only one site on the internet giving me so much trouble? Is their
website too complex for IE6?
Thanks for any help.
Walter

[Jim]

Post by Walter R.
I just reinstalled windows XP SP2 with IE6.
The internet works fine on all websites, except when I try to access the New
York Times ( www.nytimes.com ). The site freezes almost immediately and
prevents me from accessing links from this site.
I have set Security and Privacy at default levels (medium). Pentium 4, 1.6
gb, 512 MB memory.
Why is only one site on the internet giving me so much trouble? Is their
website too complex for IE6?
Thanks for any help.
Walter

Look in your "hosts" file to see if it`s "blacklisted" .

[Bill Sharpe]

Post by Walter R.
I just reinstalled windows XP SP2 with IE6.
The internet works fine on all websites, except when I try to access the New
York Times ( www.nytimes.com ). The site freezes almost immediately and
prevents me from accessing links from this site.
I have set Security and Privacy at default levels (medium). Pentium 4, 1.6
gb, 512 MB memory.
Why is only one site on the internet giving me so much trouble? Is their
website too complex for IE6?
Thanks for any help.
Walter

Give Firefox a try.

Bill

[Twayne]

Post by Walter R.
I just reinstalled windows XP SP2 with IE6.
The internet works fine on all websites, except when I try to access
the New York Times ( www.nytimes.com ). The site freezes almost
immediately and prevents me from accessing links from this site.
I have set Security and Privacy at default levels (medium). Pentium
4, 1.6 gb, 512 MB memory.
Why is only one site on the internet giving me so much trouble? Is
their website too complex for IE6?
Thanks for any help.
Walter

No, it's not the complexity of the site. Some way, somehow, it's being
blocked on you.
Any chance you had this problem before the reinstall too?

Any error messages? Quote them here.

You might try setting it as a "trusted site"

Start here if above no help:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/293402

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/239449

http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/ShowPost.aspx?PageIndex=1&SiteID=1&PageID=1&PostID=2247375#2247375

You might see if any of these help:
http://www.nirmaltv.com/2007/08/08/how-to-fix-internet-explorer-cannot-open-the-internet-site-operation-aborted-error/


HTH,

Twayne

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Why did you reinstall WinXP (SP2)?

Is the machine fully patched at Windows Update?
--
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MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002
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Post by Walter R.
I just reinstalled windows XP SP2 with IE6.
The internet works fine on all websites, except when I try to access the New
York Times ( www.nytimes.com ). The site freezes almost immediately and
prevents me from accessing links from this site.
I have set Security and Privacy at default levels (medium). Pentium 4, 1.6
gb, 512 MB memory.
Why is only one site on the internet giving me so much trouble? Is their
website too complex for IE6?
Thanks for any help.
Walter

[Randem]

A lot of sites are now using new protocols that IE6 may not understand, so
make sure that all updates are installed and if that doesn't fix it then you
may need to use IE7 or Firefox 3.0.
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Post by Walter R.
I just reinstalled windows XP SP2 with IE6.
The internet works fine on all websites, except when I try to access the
New York Times ( www.nytimes.com ). The site freezes almost immediately
and prevents me from accessing links from this site.
I have set Security and Privacy at default levels (medium). Pentium 4, 1.6
gb, 512 MB memory.
Why is only one site on the internet giving me so much trouble? Is their
website too complex for IE6?
Thanks for any help.
Walter

[AJL]

Post by Randem
A lot of sites are now using new protocols that IE6 may not understand, so
make sure that all updates are installed and if that doesn't fix it then you
may need to use IE7 or Firefox 3.0.

I read the NYT with an old copy of SeaMonkey (1.1.8) and it works fine
so doubt the site requires anything special.