Problem: Internet Explorer cannot open the Internet site – internet explorer operation aborted

Try this solution:

In Internet Explorer, Click Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced Tab & then uncheck “Enable third-party browser extensions“. After you uncheck that option, restart your browser and try sites to cause the operation aborted error. If the internet explorer error goes away, it was an add-on. Now, you can reanble add-ons and then disable them one by one in Tools -> Manage Addons to find the addon with issue.

Addons that can cause Problems:

• Windows Messenger addon
• Skype plugin
• … an maybe more

More useful links, about error in Internet explorer, here

• http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/04/23/what-happened-to-operation-aborted.aspx
• http://discussions.webct.com/jive4/message.jspa?messageID=45614
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927917
• http://dean.edwards.name/weblog/2005/09/busted2/
• http://www.mysticcoders.com/blog/2007/03/20/internet-explorer-cannot
• http://channel9.msdn.com/wiki/default.aspx/Channel9.InternetExplorerProgrammingBugs