On a Mac, running Firefox, why do I get a Microsoft error page?

Hanna · September 17, 2006, 5:46pm

I was on this site and clicked on the “Petrography Technician” link and got a Microsoft “can’t find that page” page. I’m using Firefox on a Mac and haven’t seen a page like that on my Mac before.

What is going on?

Q.E.D · September 17, 2006, 5:50pm

That page is generated by the site itself. Looks like that is what they use as their default 404 page, possibly because they are running an MS OS on their servers.

Hanna · September 17, 2006, 5:52pm

Thanks for the speedy answer.

friedo · September 17, 2006, 5:53pm

That is the normal default error page for Microsoft IIS servers. It’s entirely unrelated to what browser you’re using.

DWMarch · September 18, 2006, 4:13am

The webpage url is duplicated, which causes the error. The actual page is
http://www.ampetrographic.com/employment/
But for some reason it is listed like that twice in a row in your link. The error page you’re seeing originates on the server, which is running Microsoft software.