Issue: Page cannot be displayed in Metro

[realwarder]

Not sure if this is a good place... mod can move if not, but suddenly today I have a very odd issue:

My Desktop IE browses perfectly but my Metro/WinRT IE does not. Instead it displays an error:

This page can?t be displayed

• Make sure the web address Bing is correct.
• Look for the page with your search engine.
• Refresh the page in a few minutes.

• Check that all network cables are plugged in.
• Verify that airplane mode is turned off.
• Make sure your wireless switch is turned on.
• See if you can connect to mobile broadband.
• Restart your router.

Fix connection problems

I have tried these 'fixes' suggested from various search results:

• Reset IE settings to defaults using Reset function
• Reset winsock/firewall to defaults using a netsh reset <winsock/advfirewall> command
• Restarted (no help)
• Tried changing proxy settings in IE to manual in case something is announcing an auto-proxy

So... looking for some guru to suggest another thing.

Oh yes, more info:

• It is not only IE that cannot browse, but all Metro/WinRT apps cannot either. The Store app started this investigation because it was showing an error, but really all apps cannot browse.
• Desktop browsers all work perfectly as I said.
• Using an IP instead of name also doesn't work

 

[realwarder]

ok... I worked it out. In the IE options there is an option "Enable Enhanced Protected Mode". Checked it, rebooted and it worked.

Now for wondering how that was disabled... all I did today was install Windows Updates and reboot..