ok today when I try to go to any of the technet site on IE 8 it goes there but gives me a total blank page nothing loads . so I went to ff to see if they were having the same problem but they aren't. have tried to get the IE 8 to do it all day but nothing. any ideas? not that ff is a problem I just normally use IE 8. thanks for any ideas.

I assume "ff" is Firefox. Have you checked you Internet connection? Maybe your net connection went down as far as the technet site goes. What connection do you have? Also do a virus scan, never hurts to check...- JoelbX

I assume "ff" is Firefox.Have you checked you Internet connection? Maybe your net connection went down as far as the technet site goes. What connection do you have?Also do a virus scan, never hurts to check... - JoelbX Are you suggesting that his internet connection and/or a virus has selectively assaulted IE8+TechNet and not FF ?

I am just eliminating possible answers to his problem. Viruses do crazy things and IE just lets in so many viruses. Sounds like you need to check for viruses too. I have been having problems the past few hours with a dial-up connection on this forum, so that is why I was asking the net connection thing. - JoelbX

I have run a virus check and nothing. not sure what you mean by what connection I have? I am running both 32 and 64 bit IE8 and 64bit firefox.why would the connection for technet work on one but not the other.

I have high speed internet connection 10mb all my other sites on IE8 work fine just not technet.

What virus scanner did you use for the check? Have you tried deleting your cookies, saved passwords, things like that IE saves, then try reloading technet? - JoelbX

I'm logging off for the night, ill check the post tomorrow. Oh, have you tried rebooting?- JoelbX

yes have done all that and nothing.

Here are some older threads that show IE8 vs FF sometimes behaving differently here in TechNet.Forum Editor ProblemsFF3 continues loading because of webtrends.com or 207.net

yes have done all that and nothing. jeniece - Have you tried resetting IE 8? Press the ALT key, select Tools, Internet Options. Click on the Advanced tab and click the reset button at the bottom. You will lose your passwords and will need to reinstall your IE 8 add-ons, but it may fix whatever is causing the problem.

ok fixed the problem justreset like you said .but for now it works. thanks for all your help.