Request for Question Clarification by
denco-ga
on
19 Sep 2006 22:29 PDT
Howdy buckeyes2006-ga,
Greatly appreciate your patience with this diagnostic process.
All of the pages you are having problems with are secure (SSL) pages. You
can tell that by looking at the full web address. At the beginning of a
secure web address it will have "https" instead of "http."
First thing for you to try is to go to "Tools" then "Internet Options" then
"Advanced." Once there please uncheck "Use TLS 1.0."
Try to connect to one the secure sites after doing the above.
Here are some further suggestions from the Microsoft website.
"...
Symptom: When viewing a site that is configured to permit only SSLv2, an
error page is displayed.
Workaround: SSLv2 may be enabled by checking the Use SSL 2.0 checkbox in
the Security section of the Advanced tab of the Internet Control Panel.
You can show the Internet Control Panel by clicking Tools | Internet
Options inside Internet Explorer.
Symptom: When viewing an HTTPS site that is configured to use weaker ciphers
(40-bit and 56-bit encryption) on Windows Vista, an error page is displayed.
Workaround: No recommended workaround is available. Contact the site owner
and request that they offer stronger encryption options.
Symptom: When navigating to an HTTPS site which presents a security
certificate containing errors, an error page is displayed.
Workaround: There is no workaround if the site's certificate is expired;
contact the site owner and request that they update the certificate.
If the address in the certificate does not match the site's address, this
warning can be disabled by unchecking the Warn about invalid site certificates
checkbox in the Security section of the Advanced tab of the Internet Control
Panel. Changing this setting is NOT recommended.
If the certificate was not signed by a trusted certification authority, you
can add the certification authority if you trust the authority. Trusting a
malicious certification authority will put your computer at risk, so use
discretion. To add a Trusted certification authority, continue navigation
from the Certificate Error page, and then click the Certificate Error button
in the Internet Explorer address bar. Click the View Details link. On the
Certification Path tab, select the root certificate and click the View
Certificate button. On the General tab, click Install Certificate.
Symptom: When viewing a page that mixes HTTPS and HTTP content, an Information
bar is displayed instead of a modal dialog as was shown in Internet Explorer 6
and previous.
Workaround: On the Security tab of the Internet Control Panel, choose the
Internet icon and click Custom Level. Scroll down to the Miscellaneous section,
and adjust the value for the Display mixed content setting.
Changing this setting to Disable will block all HTTP content without prompting.
While not recommended, changing this setting to Enable will show all HTTP
content without prompting.
Symptom: When navigating to an HTTPS site on Windows Vista, a check for
certificate revocation is made to determine if the presented certificate
remains valid.
Workaround: If this feature causes performance problems in your environment,
the certificate revocation check can be disabled.
You can disable this feature by unchecking the Check for server certificate
revocation checkbox in the Security section of the Advanced tab of the Internet
Control Panel.
..."
Run through the above and see if any of those correct the problem.
From my research, it might be that you will have to uninstall IE7 and try IE6
instead, but that could be messy.
Please tell me how the above goes for you. Thanks!
Looking Forward, denco-ga - Google Answers Researcher
