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Windows Forum / Internet Explorer / General Topics / February 2008IE7 weird behaviour - Google Error
I recently purchased a Sony Vaio laptop with Vista Home Premium and http://www.google.com/ as my homepage. I have a Wireless connection at work (using a ADSL modem and a Netgear Router with security enabled) and a wireless connection at home using a ADSL modem-router (no security). I have a really weird problem - while clicking a link, sometimes I get a "404 Not Found, Google Error, The requested URL was not found on the server". Also, when I type a URL in the address bar, a "Google English" search site opens. And when you move the pointer over all the usual links on the google search page, they are replaced with the address that I've just typed (though they still visually appear as google links). BTW, I have a second laptop running WinXP SP2 with IE6 and face no such errors or problems when browsing the same network simultaneously! The really weird part is that I have no such problems on my home network either with the Vista laptop. All pages open normally and I have seen no "Google English" sites. Every link opens normally, and every address that I type goes directly to that particular website. I've run Windows Defender, AVG Antivirus and AVG Anti spyware programs and they've all come clean. This is a brand new laptop and no other programs are running. There is absolutely no chance of a virus. Can you help me please? This is driving me crazy!! One post would have been sufficient, thank you. > I recently purchased a Sony Vaio laptop with Vista Home Premium and > http://www.google.com/ as my homepage. I have a Wireless connection at [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Can you help me please? This is driving me crazy!! You're right - it was the router. I tried connecting the laptop directly to the modem and browsed the internet - it worked perfectly. The problem must be with the Wifi router, right? Though I have no idea how a router could be causing such weird errors! And why only on Vista! While it's possible to tweak MTU setting in Vista (cf. http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/r19900056-Tweak-Test-Vista-MTU), it's generally not advisable (cf. disclaimer at http://www.broadbandreports.com/tweaks). White Paper: MTU in Vista http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/2/6/c26893a6-46c7-4b5c-b287-83021659734 0/TCPIP_Reg.doc Before going this route, make sure the router has the latest firmware update and check to see if it's Vista-compatible. You may benefit from a newer router. Consider posting further about this in microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing and/or microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance newsgroups. Click on either of the following links to open the newsgroup in your default NNTP newsreader: news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.networking_sharing news://msnews.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance  Signature~Robear Dyer (PA Bear) MS MVP-IE, Mail, Security, Windows Desktop Experience - since 2002 AumHa VSOP & Admin http://aumha.net DTS-L http://dts-l.net/ > You're right - it was the router. I tried connecting the laptop > directly to the modem and browsed the internet - it worked perfectly. > The problem must be with the Wifi router, right? Though I have no idea > how a router could be causing such weird errors! And why only on > Vista! <paste> PA Bear [MS MVP] wrote: > Does the behavior persist if you connect directly to the router? ...the > modem? [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >> >> Can you help me please? This is driving me crazy!! |
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