http Error when opening IE7

Summary of Issue

The user gets the following error when opening IE7.

Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage

This happens when the servers are busy and cannot process setting up IE7, or after you reset IE7 to manufacturers settings.

If you would like to bypass the IE7 one time setup on first load, run the registry patch below.

Methods to resolve the problem

To resolve this problem, create and run a Skiprunonce.reg file for each user account that experiences the problem. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Start a text editor, such as Notepad.
2. Copy the following information, paste it into the text editor, and then save the file as Skiprunonce.reg:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"RunOnceHasShown"=dword:00000001
"RunOnceComplete"=dword:00000001

3. Exit the text editor.
4. Double-click the Skiprunonce.reg file that you created in step 2.

Now when users run the .reg file, they receive the following message: Are you sure you want to add the information in path of .reg file to the registry? If the user clicks Yes, the user receives the following message: Information in path of .reg file has been successfully entered into the registry.

Notes

In Windows Vista, when non-administrator users try to run SkipRunOnce.reg they are prompted for an administrator password.
To run SkipRunOnce.reg for all users at the same time, an administrator can modify [HKEY_CURRENT_USER] to [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE] in the SkipRunOnce.reg file.