Internet Explorer is a browser which barely has a presence in the market. Although it is still used in old equipment, so many people continue to use it to navigate. Although this is something that can cause problems, since it is not uncommon to come across the message that Internet Explorer cannot display the web page.
This is an annoying problem that prevents you from having a good browsing experience. In addition, many users do not know what they should do at the time when this warning appears on the screen. Therefore, we will tell you more below. We leave you with solutions to try when we have the notice that Internet Explorer cannot display the web page.
The origin of this message can be varied, that is, there are several reasons why it would appear on the PC screen at that moment. The good news is that we have several solutions that we can try in this regard. So that we can make the web be displayed again in the browser normally. Although we must bear in mind that it is a somewhat old browser, so it will not always work well.
On the other hand, it is important to note that the browser it's going to run out of support very soon. The Internet Explorer 11 desktop application will be retired and will be out of support on June 15, 2022, as confirmed by Microsoft itself. So soon this browser will not be able to be used comfortably and we may have many compatibility problems when using it.
Internet connection
One of the first checks in this regard is to see if your internet connection is the reason why you can not access that website. It may be the case that our connection has failed. If this happens, then we cannot access a web page and the browser may first leave us with this warning and if we try to refresh it will leave us with the notice that there is no Internet connection at that moment. This is something that can happen in many cases.
We can try to open another web page or use another browser or app that needs an Internet connection at that moment. Because if these other options do not work either, then we can determine that it is our Internet connection that is the problem, the reason why this web page does not load or is not displayed. What can we do if the connection is currently failing?
- Restart the modem: The best we can do at that moment is to turn off the modem at home, wait a few seconds and after a while we can turn it on again. Many times restarting the WiFi connection at home helps to solve these types of problems.
- Connect and disconnect the network on the PC: It can also happen that it is a temporary failure in the PC. Therefore, disconnect your PC from that network and after a few seconds, connect it again. This can also help in these cases.
page error
Another reason why we get the message that Internet Explorer cannot display the web page it could be a fault of the website itself. There may be a problem with this website or its servers, which are preventing us from entering it. It is not uncommon for the servers of some website to have gone down or are having problems at a certain time. If this happens, we will not be able to access it. So it's not something that we can control in this case.
Therefore, we can try open this web page in another browser or device. Since this way we will be able to see if it works well or not. That is, if it is still impossible to access this website on other devices or in another browser, then we can already determine that it is a fault on the website in question. So we can not do anything, but from this web page they must solve this problem so that users can enter it again.
Clear browsing history
Something that is usually recommended for problems of this type in Internet Explorer is clear browsing history. In many cases it has to do with cache, cookies or accumulated data from a website in the browser itself. Therefore, if this information is deleted, we may have access to said website again, so that this message stops appearing on the screen. It is something that usually works on many occasions, so it is worth trying it. If you want to do this, the steps to follow are:
- Open Internet Explorer on your computer.
- Press Alt to show the menu bar.
- In the Tools menu, click the option Internet options (Options for Internet).
- In the Browsing history, click the delete option.
- Select all the boxes that you want to check in this case and then click on the Delete option.
- Quit the browser and restart Internet Explorer.
- Try to enter that website again.
If the problem was those cookies or data accumulated in Internet Explorer, then we can enter the web again. This is a solution that works well in this type of situation, so it may be worth trying. In addition, it is something that we can do regardless of the version of the browser that we have on the computer. So all users will be able to do this in their case.
Check proxy and DNS settings
Proxy settings are used to tell Internet Explorer the network address of an intermediary server, which is used between the browser and the Internet. By default, Internet Explorer automatically detects proxy settings. Although it may be the case that this configuration has been changed and then these connection problems arise on our computer. This could be the reason why we do not have access to said website.
In this sense, we must verify that Internet Explorer automatically detect proxy settings. Because if so, everything is fine. But if it doesn't detect it automatically, then we have a problem in the browser. The steps to follow in this case are:
- In the search box on your PC's taskbar, type "Internet Options"
- Select the option with that name, which belongs to the control panel of the computer.
- Go to the Connections tab.
- Tap LAN Settings.
- Go to the Automatically detect settings option.
- Check that there is a click next to this option.
- If there isn't, check this option to have that click.
- Click OK and exit this section.
Reset Internet Explorer Settings
The problem may be caused by the browser settings. If this configuration has been changed, there may be changes in the operation of this browser on the PC, so this could be the reason why we do not have access to said web page. Therefore, we can make the decision to reset Internet Explorer to default settings and hope this will work to fix the problem. The steps to follow to do this are:
- Open Internet Explorer on your computer.
- Click on the Tools menu in the browser.
- Look for the Internet Options option in that menu.
- Click on the Advanced Options tab.
- Click on the Reset option.
- In the box that leaves Internet Explorer Default Settings, click Reset.
- Confirm this action again.
- In the next box, click on the Close option.
- Restart Internet Explorer on your computer.
In many cases this will work. Once you have restarted the browser, try accessing this web page again. Most likely, that Internet Explorer cannot display the web page will stop appearing and you will be able to access said web page normally. So the problem has been solved in this way and it was a problem in the current configuration of the browser itself.
Antivirus
One last check in this regard is the antivirus you have on your computer. It may be interfering with the operation of Internet Explorer at the time, which may mean that it blocks access to some web pages or is causing the browser to malfunction in general. This is something that we can check in the section Hide all Microsoft services within the system configuration. Everything must be deactivated there and then we can restart the computer and the browser.
You must prevent other programs from accessing or interfering with the operation of Internet Explorer. This could be the reason why we do not have access to a website at that time. It can happen if we have recently changed the configuration or if we have installed a new antivirus.