Internet Explorer 5.5 Does Not Load a Redirected Document (281564)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows NT 4.0 SP 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 98 Second Edition SP 1
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 for Windows 2000 SP 1

This article was previously published under Q281564

SYMPTOMS

If you try to load a document that uses the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) <EMBED> tag and if that document is redirected to another site, Internet Explorer does not perform the redirect instruction, and the ActiveX control that is needed to view the document loads with a blank document.

CAUSE

This problem occurs because Internet Explorer 5.5 closes the port after it receives the redirect instruction and before it makes the new request since the host names of the two sites do not match. When this occurs, Internet Explorer does not correctly interpret that access to the redirected site should be enabled because the redirection instruction has occurred.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Internet Explorer version 5.5. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

267954 How to Obtain the Latest Internet Explorer 5.5 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date        Time     Version         Size       File name     Platform
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   12/18/2000  5:25pm   5.50.4612.1800  2,746,128  Mshtml.dll    x86

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Internet Explorer version 5.5 Service Pack 2.

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/23/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbIE550preSP2fix kbprb KB281564