visual studio .net setup: Has anyone out there run across this?

I'm running .Net 2003 on a PC with an always-on internet connection (it's a wireless network), but if I click on the Star Page "Online Resources" tab, I get a message that says 'This feature requires that you have connected to the internet previously or are currently on-line.'.... I thought that was where I could see all the latest resources, web hosting companies, etc...etc...etc..

Anyone? Anyone? Buehler?

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Hey Rusty,

Great question!

I have seen this issue appear for a couple different reasons.

1. If the "Work Offline" is checked on the Microsoft Internet Explorer >
File Menu
2. Also, there might be a problem with the "Windows Scripting Host"

If this is the case, you can download the Windows Scripting Host 5.6 from
the http://msdn.microsoft.com/scripting.

3. Another possiblity could be the Firewall software, and it's Script
Blocking Feature.

HTH.

Cheers,
Tim Macaulay, MCSD
Microsoft Visual Studio Setup & Deployment

This posting is "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

I finally Found it. If you or anyone else is interested, the answer is in this link:

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=sw_winxp&message.id=92020&highlight=#M92020

FYI, If you're having this problem on a Dell with the following:

OEM WinXP Pro
IIS 5.1
OEM-installed McAfee Antivirus junk,

Get rid of - *UNINSTALL* (turning it off won't work) - the McAfee junk. I did that and it works great. I'm now using Norton for AV and the Free Zone Alarm for firewall, and it works fine.

Thanks for all your help, everyone!

Rusty

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I have the same problem. Robert Gruen from Microsoft, VB.NET gave me the following possible solution (see txt underneath). Unfortunately it did not change anything ... and I still have the same problem. Maybe it helps you..
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Rob

To fix this issue you'll have to run through the folowing steps

1. Open the getWhatsOnline.xml file (typically this gets installed to
F:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio
..NET\Common7\IDE\HTML\StartPageTabs\1033
2. Find the line: <"Tab ID="vs_online_community" Name="Online
Community" Filterable="true"
3. Modify the "true" value and set it to "false" so the line reads
<Tab ID="vs_online_community" Name="Online Community"
Filterable="false"
4. You should now be able to browse this link in the start page

Thanks! Robert Grue
Microsoft, VB.NET

See --
http://www.dotnet247.com/247reference/msgs/37/185623.aspx

if under IE Properties, Advanced Tab, you have
the "Do not save encripted pages to disk" box checked, the
VS.NET IDE Start Page Resources tab will incorrectly give
the message: "This feature requires that you have
connected to the internet previously or are currently
online".

Bob Brand

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