SP2 login:password@ no longer works in IE

[Enigma]

Why the hell can I no longer access sites which use
" type addresses after installing SP2? All
you get now is a error message from IE without Ie even attempting to
access the site.

I'm guessing its M$ taking a shotgun approach to the fraudsters and
spammers, but in the process they have broken a useful feature.

There any way to turn this stupid behaviour back to preSP2 (apart from
uninstalling SP2)?

[Mike Brannigan [MSFT]]

"Enigma" > wrote in message
...
>
> Why the hell can I no longer access sites which use
> " type addresses after installing SP2? All
> you get now is a error message from IE without Ie even attempting to
> access the site.
>
> I'm guessing its M$ taking a shotgun approach to the fraudsters and
> spammers, but in the process they have broken a useful feature.
>
> There any way to turn this stupid behaviour back to preSP2 (apart from
> uninstalling SP2)?

Maybe you would like to do a little research around your problem.
see
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-004.mspx
and
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=832894

Which discuss your problem at length and also address workarounds.

Since you are using the Preview of SP2 ideally you should have posted your
question to the proper SP2 Preview newsgroups
see
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/sp2preview.mspx

The issue you are seeing is in both the security update and SP2 and can be
workaround the same way as documented for both.
However implementing the workaround lowers the security of your PC and makes
you more vulnerable to various hostile attacks.


Finally using "M$" in your post is hardly likely to ingratiate yourself
with people that you are requesting help from.
Our company name is Microsoft and if you must use an abbreviation please use
MSFT (our NASDAQ quoted ID)

--
Regards,

Mike
--
Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights

Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
newsgroups

"Enigma" > wrote in message
...
>
> Why the hell can I no longer access sites which use
> " type addresses after installing SP2? All
> you get now is a error message from IE without Ie even attempting to
> access the site.
>
> I'm guessing its M$ taking a shotgun approach to the fraudsters and
> spammers, but in the process they have broken a useful feature.
>
> There any way to turn this stupid behaviour back to preSP2 (apart from
> uninstalling SP2)?

[David Candy]

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conversation. This is blatant political talk and highly offensive to =
those who don't believe in evil. Use MS. That is what MS uses. EG =
MS-Dos. Have you ever heard of MSFT-Dos.

And remember MS is not considered a proper company which is why it's not =
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"Mike Brannigan [MSFT]" > wrote in message =
...
> "Enigma" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > Why the hell can I no longer access sites which use
> > " type addresses after installing SP2? =
All
> > you get now is a error message from IE without Ie even attempting to
> > access the site.
> >
> > I'm guessing its M$ taking a shotgun approach to the fraudsters and
> > spammers, but in the process they have broken a useful feature.
> >
> > There any way to turn this stupid behaviour back to preSP2 (apart =
from
> > uninstalling SP2)?
>=20
> Maybe you would like to do a little research around your problem.
> see
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-004.mspx
> and
> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=3D832894
>=20
> Which discuss your problem at length and also address workarounds.
>=20
> Since you are using the Preview of SP2 ideally you should have posted =
your
> question to the proper SP2 Preview newsgroups
> see
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/sp2preview.mspx
>=20
> The issue you are seeing is in both the security update and SP2 and =
can be
> workaround the same way as documented for both.
> However implementing the workaround lowers the security of your PC and =
makes
> you more vulnerable to various hostile attacks.
>=20
>=20
> Finally using "M$" in your post is hardly likely to ingratiate =
yourself
> with people that you are requesting help from.
> Our company name is Microsoft and if you must use an abbreviation =
please use
> MSFT (our NASDAQ quoted ID)
>=20
> --=20
> Regards,
>=20
> Mike
> --
> Mike Brannigan [Microsoft]
>=20
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights
>=20
> Please note I cannot respond to e-mailed questions, please use these
> newsgroups
>=20
> "Enigma" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > Why the hell can I no longer access sites which use
> > " type addresses after installing SP2? =
All
> > you get now is a error message from IE without Ie even attempting to
> > access the site.
> >
> > I'm guessing its M$ taking a shotgun approach to the fraudsters and
> > spammers, but in the process they have broken a useful feature.
> >
> > There any way to turn this stupid behaviour back to preSP2 (apart =
from
> > uninstalling SP2)?
>=20
>