SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager - "Navigation to the webpage was canceled" error when trying to design a table While working in SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager on a remote server today, I wanted to look at a table's columns, so I found the table, right-clicked on it and selected "Design Table".  

Instead of getting the table design view, I'm greeted with a white page with the following informational message:


  Navigation to the webpage was canceled
  
  What you can try:
  
  
  Refresh the page.
  


If I click "Refresh the page", I get another white screen with the following message:


  This program cannot display the webpage
  
  Most likely causes:
  
  
  You are not connected to the Internet. 
  The website is encountering problems. 
  There might be a typing error in the address. 
  


I'm not sure who was tinkering around with the server, but I would love to know how to resolve this.

2011/04/19 update:  I checked, and KB961260 hasn't been installed.  The server is Windows 2003 R2, with SQL Server 2000 and Internet Explorer 8 for what it's worth.  I tried dropping security settings in IE to Low for Local and Trusted sites, which did not fix the issue.

We've also discovered that right-clicking on a table and selecting Open Table > Return All Rows gives the same error.  Designing and opening a view gives the same errors as above, but double-clicking on a view to open its properties lets us view the properties as normal.  We can also manage triggers, generate SQL scripts, etc. without issue.

Right-clicking on the first error page and checking its properties gives me this:


  res://ieframe.dll/navcancl.htm#http://%7b464ee255-fdc7-11d2-9743-00105a994f8d%7d/


Right-clicking on the second error page and checking its properties gives me this:


  res://ieframe.dll/dnserrordiagoff_webOC.htm#http://%7b464ee255-fdc7-11d2-9743-00105a994f8d%7d/
Most likely (or oddly?) a known issue after a Windows patch to do with IE zones because of your help settings.