Microsoft Broke Something, Again.

[i430VX]

The Infernal Exploder default Homepage (http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/redir.dll?prd=ie&pver=6&ar=msnhome) Is confirmed NOT working on Windows 98, 2000, and XP as of a week or so. Most people have probably changed their IE homepage, but I haven't.

Plain old MSN.com still functions as intended.

Now the default link redirects to an error page. (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/errorpages)

Workaround (Pretty obvious, but): Set homepage to something else... in my case msn.com because I'm boring.

But this is annoying because I can no longer leave the homepage at default. 

[Tripredacus]

That is a redirector, where did it usually end up?

Now it goes to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/

Are you saying that the browsers will show an error and keep the redirector URL in the address bar?

[i430VX]

13 hours ago, Tripredacus said:

That is a redirector, where did it usually end up?

Now it goes to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/

 

Used to point to MSN.com, (DEFINATELY should have mentioned that.)  but now it goes to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/errorpages, in IE, at least.

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Are you saying that the browsers will show an error and keep the redirector URL in the address bar?

No. they show  http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/errorpages

 

Unless MS fixes the redirector there is no fix other than changing the deafault to something else (ex msn.com)... this post just an explanation for people.

Edited February 3, 2018 by i430VX