This morning I had something similar happen but, I am still using IE 6. This problem may be a network or DNS problem and not in IE. -- Clifford L. Beckett office: 517-355-4659 Electronic System Designer cell: 517-449-8226 A411 E. Fee fax: 517-353-0789 OMM Department email: [log in to unmask] Michigan State University web: www.obl.msu.edu East Lansing MI, 48824 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > *From:* MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *On Behalf Of *Richard Wiggins > *Sent:* Friday, October 20, 2006 9:08 PM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* [MSUNAG] IE 7 odd behavior after failed connection > > > > Both before and after the final release of IE7 I've noticed an odd > behavior. If you have trouble connecting to a Web site, say in one > tab, it seems to foul up connections to other sites, sometimes for > quite a while. > > Today I had a DNS failure due to a typo, and afterwards IE didn't want > to connect to other sites that were legit. Other times if a timeout > causes one URL to not load, then other URLs won't load. > > It also feels like it's single-threaded across the tabs. While one > page load is pending, it seems slow if not blocked in loading an > unrelated sites in other tabs. > > Is anyone else seeing these artifacts? > > Thanks, > > /rich >