Perhaps I should have said "Service", "site", or "software" rather than "server"? I wasn't trying to imply a problem with the physical media at all.
FlightPlanDan has the problem both at work and at home. What are the chances of one person having the exact same issue on two different computers, one of which is administered by a second party altogether? Seems like an issue with his user profile settings to me.
To eliminate this as a possiblity, I'd say have these guys create new user accounts under a different username and see if they have the same problem on the new profile. Delete the offending account if it works and transfer the name.
Service/site/software/server are normally used interchangeably when it comes to error reporting.
The chances are actually quite good that 2 computers can have the same issue. It's not likely that 1 person will own the 2 computers. The chances that 2 people administer their computers in similar fashion are actually quite high also. If it works, pass it on. Let's not forget about automatic updates. This could be a new "feature" of IE8 if not already disabled. I got rid of MIE from my computer completely at MIE 6.
Without seeing a log of the error, all we can do is guess at the solution. The steps I gave above should produce an event log for this problem and we can accurately diagnose it.
If all else fails, use wireshark to sniff the packets and see if anything is transferred to force a timeout. You should be able to get detailed info about what's exactly transferred too.
I'd bet money it's a windoze issue. This wouldn't be the first time they shipped without fully testing and I know it won't be the last.
Because this is a windoze box, another suggestion is to install ALL the microsoft updates available. U have to use MIE to get to that. Automatic update doesn't always catch everything.
