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29-11-2004, 19:36

Thanks for your suggestions:-

1) Can't see it being this. The rest of the Microsoft.com site works fine - it's just the home page.
2) Ditto, plus I've tried turning off the XP firewall (SP2) and it makes no difference. No other s/w firewall, as I'm behind a router anyway.
3) But it IS my PC. It's a lap-top which I use both here and at work, and I get the same problem in both places.
4) It doesn't stop me VISITING the site, it's just that the home page 'hangs' my browser part-way through rendering. It's as if it is trying to dynamically reposition frames on the page when it hangs.
Don't believe it is a virus or Spyware - I'm running up-to-date McAfee, and regularly run SpyBot. I can only assume it is some 'clever' HTML/DHTML on that page which my browser doesn't like, but why MY browser? It's all very weird, but I'll live with it unless/until I find it affects any other sites/pages. If I get the time, I'll try it on another PC, and, assuming it loads, do a 'view source' and see if I can work out how far it's getting on mine.

(Oh, and it is a legit XP by the way).

29-11-2004, 19:36	#15
JohnHorb Guest Location: Sale, Cheshire Services: 10MB Broadband, DTV, Telephone Posts: n/a	Re: Microsoft web site Thanks for your suggestions:- 1) Can't see it being this. The rest of the Microsoft.com site works fine - it's just the home page. 2) Ditto, plus I've tried turning off the XP firewall (SP2) and it makes no difference. No other s/w firewall, as I'm behind a router anyway. 3) But it IS my PC. It's a lap-top which I use both here and at work, and I get the same problem in both places. 4) It doesn't stop me VISITING the site, it's just that the home page 'hangs' my browser part-way through rendering. It's as if it is trying to dynamically reposition frames on the page when it hangs. Don't believe it is a virus or Spyware - I'm running up-to-date McAfee, and regularly run SpyBot. I can only assume it is some 'clever' HTML/DHTML on that page which my browser doesn't like, but why MY browser? It's all very weird, but I'll live with it unless/until I find it affects any other sites/pages. If I get the time, I'll try it on another PC, and, assuming it loads, do a 'view source' and see if I can work out how far it's getting on mine. (Oh, and it is a legit XP by the way).