# Strange error message and browser behavior
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-error-message-and-browser-behavior/554547
**Category:** About This Message Board
**Created:** [September 21, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-error-message-and-browser-behavior/554547 "2010-09-21T16:30:29Z")
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### Author:  [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-error-message-and-browser-behavior/554547/1 "2010-09-21T16:30:29Z")
Several times in the past few days, I have gotten this error message when I opened a thread to read it:
Internet Explorer cannot open the internet site [Why are we here? - Great Debates - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=123456). Operation aborted.
OK
(made up thread number) When I click the OK button, IE then goes to a generic page “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage”.
If I try to connect to SDMB again during that session, IE just hangs. But if I close and re-open IE, I can connect back to SDMB right away, and even the same thread without a problem.
I believe, from trying to watch when this happens, that it has to do with the mouse rollover popup. Apparently, if I roll off the popup long enough for it to disappear just before I click on the thread, this event sometimes happens. If I click on the thread without looking at the rollover popup, or if I click on the thread while the rollover popup is still there, I don’t seem to have this problem.
I don’t think I have changed my behavior, and I haven’t had this problem before. I have IE version 8, and this is at work. I don’t think I’ve had this problem at home, where I run Firefox.
Has anyone else gotten this message? Is this a board problem, or is it just me?
Roddy
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### Author:  [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2010, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-error-message-and-browser-behavior/554547/2 "2010-09-21T20:17:16Z")
Just now it happened to me as I posted to a thread, right after the thread came back on my screen.
This is getting annoying.
Roddy
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2010, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strange-error-message-and-browser-behavior/554547/3 "2010-09-21T20:34:35Z")
Try clearing your cache and deleting your cookies – I’ve seen posters have weird behavior when one of those things gets corrupted. Also, if you’re not using an adblocker, you might want to start.