getting frustrated

OK, maybe I'm not explaining this right. I have Windows XP installed on my
computer at work. Not my choice but I have to live with it. I've added an
address bar to my taskbar, so I can type in a URL without having to launch
IE first. I have the same thing on my computer at home (Win2k) and it works
with no problems. But on WinXP, if I type a URL in that address bar, IE
cannot find the site--doesn't matter what site it is, it can't find it. It
doesn't seem like it even looks, because the "can't find" dialogue box comes
up right away--there is no "page not found" error like you usually get when
you type in an invalid URL. But, if I open IE and type the URL in the
address bar there, I can go to any site.

Any ideas as to what's going on?
--
Margaret

For a comparison -- to help know where we stand -- what happens if you click
Start | Run and type a URL in the Run box?

Also, can you give us one example of a URL that doesn't work (just one
example) and of how you are typing it -- keystroke for keystroke. Thanks.

--
Jim Eshelman
MS-MVP, Windows Shell/User
http://aumha.org/
http://WinSupportCenter.com/


Margaret wrote:
> OK, maybe I'm not explaining this right. I have Windows XP installed
> on my computer at work. Not my choice but I have to live with it.
> I've added an address bar to my taskbar, so I can type in a URL
> without having to launch IE first. I have the same thing on my
> computer at home (Win2k) and it works with no problems. But on
> WinXP, if I type a URL in that address bar, IE cannot find the
> site--doesn't matter what site it is, it can't find it. It doesn't
> seem like it even looks, because the "can't find" dialogue box comes
> up right away--there is no "page not found" error like you usually
> get when you type in an invalid URL. But, if I open IE and type the
> URL in the address bar there, I can go to any site.
>
> Any ideas as to what's going on?