how to setup apache to fool MSIE whit error pages

How to setup apache to show in MSIE custom error pages not MSIE friendly error pages?

if i put normaly ErrorDocument 404 /404.shtml
and that works in Opera & Netscape but not in MSIE.

actually MSIE will show it's own error page if the error response from the server doesn't exceed a certain amount of bytes. i don't really remember how much should it be, but let say 1024.

So what you have to do : make sure that your own error page ( e.g. 404.shtml ) exceeds this limit and MSIE will show it.

That does not work.
I'v try that before i even try with file >65kb and still nothing
MSIE starts to load page and then just show MSIE "friendly" page.

But what's intristing, on URL MSIE shows
error page
I'm just wondering HOW?

Try the absolute URL to the 404.shtml file.

what is in your error log and access log ?

you can turn off this feature temporarily by going to
tools>internet options>advanced and then deselect "show friendly HTTP error messages"

try to access a non existent page on your server and then look for the results in your log files

If i tunr of Show friendly pages evrithing is Ok
MSIE shows normal error page that i specifed in my public_html dir. But that options is enebled per default in MSIE
I'v try to add full path to the 404.shtml
but that does not help much...

is it an intranet or internet site you would like to access ?
what your explorer says when you access the site ( you can check it at the right bottom corner, e.g. Internet zone, Intranet zone whatever)

it could happen that for some reason msie always displays it's own friendly pages in an Intranet zone. ( huh ? )

Have you tried to access your server with an other version of msie ?

Perhaps these will help!

http://www.plinko.net/404/custom.asp#ie

http://support.microsoft.com/suppor...s/q218/1/55.asp

-= John