General Chat

Just lately I'm having major problems with searching my favourite sites......i keep getting"page has expired" or server busy........somebody told me that the microsoft download service pack 2 is to blame....anyone else having these problems?? especially annoying is the "page has expired"..it means you have to type in all the info every time. John

We started getting Page Expired messages since we got the Broadband - the XP service pack doesn't seem to have made it any worse - but I normally just click on the refresh button and I get the page - no need to type everything again. Saz

I think you will find that the trouble is i/explorer conflicting with sp 2 , i had to reload it 3 times before it would operate properly.FredPtfg.

Don't talk to me about SP2. My husband installed it (I said don't) caused problems, uninstalled it and lost the printer drivers. Only way to get them working again was to re install it. Now the internet doesn't work. I am using another computer using Windows2000 proffesional and that crashed yesterday, got going but only got webmail, can't get Outlook to work. I am hoping to get everything backed up onto disc on the other computer and start again without SP2. If anyone can tell me how to get Outlook (or Outlook Express) working I would be very grateful. Ros.

my sp2 was downloaded via automatic updates....my p c is working much faster than before and i don't get popups anymore...am well pleased outlook express also working fine

Fixing “Website Can’t Be Found” and other Site Error Messages More than likely you have trouble with accessing quite a few sites.....particularly getting the message "website can't be found" among a few other error messages. Try the following and it should solve your problem. 1. Go to START. 2. Click on CONTROL PANEL. 3. Click on INTERNET OPTIONS. 4. Change NUMBER OF DAYS TO KEEP IN HISTORY to “0” and click APPLY 5. A box appears with tabs labeled across the top. Click on ADVANCED. 6. Scroll down to the sub-heading SECURITY. 7. Make sure the following has check marks next to it: Use USE SSL 2.0, USE SSL 3.0 and USE TLS 1.0. 8. Also make sure you check off EMPTY TEMPORARY INTERNET FILE WHEN BROWSER IS CLOSED. More than likely USE TLS 1.0 is not checked off and it should be. This will give you the error messages, as well as a few others, that will prevent you from viewing web sites and the error you are getting. Make sure you empty your cookies cache as well as temporary internet files once in a while, too, as this slows down your computer and these folders tend to "remember" the errors and may continue to bring them up until the folders are emptied.

Thank you Judy I've just done what you suggested and it seems to work fine!! again many thanks John