# IE 5.5 problem--help please
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-5-problem-help-please/50924
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 19, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-5-problem-help-please/50924 "2001-01-19T22:03:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@yamo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yamo)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2001, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-5-problem-help-please/50924/1 "2001-01-19T22:03:01Z")
IE does not connect to some pages that contain www in the url. When i delete the [http://www](http://www). the pages will load. Why is this happenning and what can i do to fix it?
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### Author:  [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2001, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-5-problem-help-please/50924/2 "2001-01-20T00:58:28Z")
Some pages don’t use www & only connect that way. Some use it.It depends on who wrote the address for it.
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### Author:  [@Henry\_Weinhard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Henry_Weinhard)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2001, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-5-problem-help-please/50924/3 "2001-01-20T04:16:35Z")
Could you give an example of some pages you try to load with the [http://www](http://www).?
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### Author:  [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)
#### Post date: [January 20, 2001, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-5-problem-help-please/50924/4 "2001-01-20T05:48:13Z")
It has more to do with how those domains have been set up in DNS and nothing to do with the web browser you’re using. I doubt IE 5.5 practices URL discrimination.
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### Author:  [@yamo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yamo)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2001, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-5-problem-help-please/50924/5 "2001-01-21T11:12:34Z")
Grrr… in my OP the problem is solved when i delete (www.) not [http://www](http://www). This MB added the (http://)…i can load [http://betazine.com](http://betazine.com) but not [http://www.betazine.com/---The](http://www.betazine.com/---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. —but others tell me they can load www.betazine .com …i have same problem with the Microsoft site…the links are all (www) but i can’t load the pages unless i remove the (www) manually. same with [http://www.gamecenter.com/](http://www.gamecenter.com/) seems to me this started when i installed a recent IE update. 5.5 i think.
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### Author:  [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2001, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-5-problem-help-please/50924/6 "2001-01-21T22:02:30Z")
The World Wide Web is not synonymous with the internet. If the url is part of the World Wide Web, it will have the [http://www](http://www). at the beginning. If it is not, it will not. All the web addresses begin with http:// (hypersomething transfer protocol). So, if you don’t type in [http://www](http://www). the computer will send you to the site which begins http://_**. If you type in [http://www](http://www)., the computer will send you to the site which begins http:www.**_ If the address isn’t part of the WWW, that’s an incorrect address and you can’t connect. If the address is part of the WWW and you don’t type that in, that’s also incorrect and you can’t connect.
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### Author:  [@OneChance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneChance)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-5-problem-help-please/50924/7 "2001-01-21T22:05:53Z")
I have IE 5.5 on Win98 with all the latest updates, and I can get to both [http://www.betazine.com/](http://www.betazine.com/) and [http://www.gamecenter.com/](http://www.gamecenter.com/). Try clearing your cache and restarting IE. Or try repairing IE: In the Control Panel, choose Add/Remove Programs. Select Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 and Internet Tools, then click on the Add/Remove button. Select Repair Internet Explorer. Maybe that’ll work. If not, then try reinstalling.
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### Author:  [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ie-5-5-problem-help-please/50924/8 "2001-01-21T22:05:56Z")
Not all URLs have “www” in the name. The first part of the address often indicates the web server of the organisation; the vast majority are named “www” by convention, but it’s not required. Hence, for example, the URL here is [http://boards.straightdope.com](http://boards.straightdope.com)