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Unable to access secure sites... cipher strength??
I was given an older dell laptop, windows 98 se. A few weeks ago, I made a
stupid move... I did a registry restore and messed up a ton of things. I tried but was unable to retrieve the registry I originally dumped... the one I wanted was not among the five cab files shown. I don't know how to 'temporarily' move cab files and find others (older ones)? If there is such a thing??? So, I put this off for another day.... Today... the problem is my access to secure sites on the internet. My ISP told me that the IE cipher strength is 0 bits and should be at least 128 bits... then told me to contact Microsoft... I contacted Microsoft via phone, they advised me to get self help here, since I have win98. Does anybody know how/what I need to do to fix this? Sorry for the long message, hope it makes sense... As you can tell, I am a computer dummy. but, slowly learning. Thanks for any help you may offer! |
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Unable to access secure sites... cipher strength??
"hillymac" wrote in message
... I was given an older dell laptop, windows 98 se. A few weeks ago, I made a stupid move... I did a registry restore and messed up a ton of things. I tried but was unable to retrieve the registry I originally dumped... the one I wanted was not among the five cab files shown. I don't know how to 'temporarily' move cab files and find others (older ones)? If there is such a thing??? So, I put this off for another day.... (I don't use '98's self-saving utility, but I don't _think_ it uses .cab files - but I may be wrong there. However, I'm pretty sure there _aren't_ any "older" backups - once all five? of the automatic ones have been corrupted, you're stuck. [I use ERU - from a '95 disc; works fine under '98, and means _I_ can decide when I want to take a snapshot.]) Today... the problem is my access to secure sites on the internet. My ISP told me that the IE cipher strength is 0 bits and should be at least 128 bits... then told me to contact Microsoft... I contacted Microsoft via phone, they advised me to get self help here, since I have win98. Does anybody know how/what I need to do to fix this? If it is showing as 0, then it sounds as if you have support for secure sites turned off altogether. (There was a period where they wouldn't let 128 bit support outside the US, and you could get 64 bit or something, but 0 sounds not right.) I'm afraid I don't know where it is, but for most things in IE, Tools - Options seems to be the place to start - or, since IE is so (too IMO) integrated into the OS, you might find the relevant setting under internet options in control panel. (Or, install a different browser! [Or even reinstall IE, if you can't find the setting.] Most browsers install with 128 encryption turned on by default [for the sites that use it].) Sorry for the long message, hope it makes sense... As you can tell, I am a computer dummy. but, slowly learning. Thanks for any help you may offer! We all started once! |
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Unable to access secure sites... cipher strength??
Thanks, J.P!
I will try to reinstall IE.. I will post back with the outcome! Thanks for your time and knowledge! "J. P. Gilliver" wrote: "hillymac" wrote in message ... I was given an older dell laptop, windows 98 se. A few weeks ago, I made a stupid move... I did a registry restore and messed up a ton of things. I tried but was unable to retrieve the registry I originally dumped... the one I wanted was not among the five cab files shown. I don't know how to 'temporarily' move cab files and find others (older ones)? If there is such a thing??? So, I put this off for another day.... (I don't use '98's self-saving utility, but I don't _think_ it uses .cab files - but I may be wrong there. However, I'm pretty sure there _aren't_ any "older" backups - once all five? of the automatic ones have been corrupted, you're stuck. [I use ERU - from a '95 disc; works fine under '98, and means _I_ can decide when I want to take a snapshot.]) Today... the problem is my access to secure sites on the internet. My ISP told me that the IE cipher strength is 0 bits and should be at least 128 bits... then told me to contact Microsoft... I contacted Microsoft via phone, they advised me to get self help here, since I have win98. Does anybody know how/what I need to do to fix this? If it is showing as 0, then it sounds as if you have support for secure sites turned off altogether. (There was a period where they wouldn't let 128 bit support outside the US, and you could get 64 bit or something, but 0 sounds not right.) I'm afraid I don't know where it is, but for most things in IE, Tools - Options seems to be the place to start - or, since IE is so (too IMO) integrated into the OS, you might find the relevant setting under internet options in control panel. (Or, install a different browser! [Or even reinstall IE, if you can't find the setting.] Most browsers install with 128 encryption turned on by default [for the sites that use it].) Sorry for the long message, hope it makes sense... As you can tell, I am a computer dummy. but, slowly learning. Thanks for any help you may offer! We all started once! |
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