Re: Stumped over IE 5.5

         Per the original issue of frame pages in another domain... that 
was a security feature available but defaulted to off (actually 'enabled') 
in IE 4.0 (maybe other versions also) If you go in on IE 4.0 and customize 
the security settings you can turn this behavior on (disable) and off 
(enabled).
         I am going out on a limb here in thinking that maybe microsoft is 
taking some of the current advice from the security community, which lately 
has been a trend towards defaulting security options to ON, and letting the 
user actively turn them off, when they find the need. I understand its 
application in professional software (firewalls and such) but if they are 
doing this in a browser, I wonder about the good sense in it. Maybe I 
should download the new version...
         Anyway, that is almost pure conjecture, so try customizing your 
security settings and looking for an option called 'Navigate sub-frames 
across domains'. Plus there is some other interesting stuff in there, if 
you are the paranoid type :)

-Stephen Johnston

At 01:25 PM 7/26/2000, you wrote:
>I  just upgraded to MS 5.5 the other day so I went and tested it
>and I got  this:
>
>The page cannot be displayed
>The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be
>experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser
>settings.
>
>Maybe our version of  5.5 is a bit different from your Rob?  I got mine
>just after they released a fix for MSOutlook.   Could it be something in
>this new release?
>
>Nancy
>
>From: "Rob Prentice
> > it works fine in IE5. sometimes a program can work perfectly on one
> > computer but is buggy as hell on another. maybe IE didnt install
> > properly? sometimes happens. or you just have 'one of those' computers.
> > i do:/
> >
>Original Message:
> > Ever since I upgraded to IE 5.5, I've gotten an error clicking on the
> > play
> > button located at the following URL:
> >
> > http://www.schaeffersresearch.com/schaeffer/biznews1.htm
> >
> > However, it works fine in IE 5, 4; Netscape 4 and 3.
> >
> > I can only come to the conclusion that IE 5.5 has some sort of bug or
> > "security feature" that prevents schaeffersresearch.com from displaying
> > pages that appear in another domain, in this case biznews1.com.  The
> > company has granted us permission to set this frameset up since our
> > Chairman appears on their site as a guest each week.
>

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