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Browsing to Nonstandard Port Without "http://" Causes Error Message

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This article was previously published under Q253221

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Symptoms

If you browse to a Web site and you specify a nonstandard port at the end of the address (for example, www.webaddress.com:180 ), you may receive the following error message:
The page cannot be displayed

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Cause

This behavior can occur if you omit http:// at the beginning of the address.

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Resolution

Type http:// before the Web address.

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Status

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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Keywords: KB253221, kbprb, kberrmsg

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Article Info
Article ID : 253221
Revision : 2
Created on : 12/5/2003
Published on : 12/5/2003
Exists online : False
Views : 237