How to Fix Can’t Connect Securely to this Page on Microsoft Edge [Tutorial]
185How to Fix Can’t Connect Securely to this Page on Microsoft Edge [Tutorial]
Microsoft Edge is a browser that is way more advanced and better in functionality than the Internet Explorer which it replaced in Windows 10. Even though Internet Explorer still exists in today’s Windows 10, Edge is now the default browser. The browser has been here for quite a while now and it gets better and better with every update issued for it. However, it has quite a few issues, one of them being the ‘Can’t connect securely to this page’ error message while trying to connect to an HTTPS website. This is often due to the TLS encryption settings, though, that’s not it. It can be caused by several other reasons that we are going to mention down below.
Edge, Chrome and IE users have stated that some webpages don’t open for them in that browser. A “Can’t connect securely to this page” tab opens when they try to open a required page.
What causes Microsoft Edge to give ‘Can’t Connect Securely to this Page’ Error Message?
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When a browser tries to connect to an HTTPS website, it relies on the TLS handshakes between the browser and the server. HTTPS (Secured hypertext transfer protocol), as opposed to HTTP, is a secure form of communication between the web server and the browser since all the data that flows through it is encrypted and can’t be read by someone else. Let’s go through the causes of this error coming in Microsoft Edge.
Different version of TLS encryption used in Microsoft Edge: The main cause of this error coming in Microsoft edge is that it has been configured to use TLS encryption settings which mismatch with the server. There are usually some old websites lying around on the internet which often does not get updated and the TLS encryption version that they use is older than the one used in Microsoft Edge.
Disabled TLS version 1.2 in Microsoft Windows: If you have disabled the TLS encryption version 1.2 in Microsoft Windows then you might not be able to access those websites which use TLS version 1.2 as their encryption type as your computer wouldn’t be able to decrypt it and there would be no communication possible between you and the website server.
Website having mixed HTTP and HTTPS content: Another reason can be that the website you are trying to access is having content of mixed nature, i.e HTTP and HTTPS. So, at times, this can be problematic for the browser and your Microsoft Edge will throw this error.
Weak MD5/3DES encryption algorithms have been disabled by the Administrator: Another thing that can be causing this error is that you or the system administrator has disabled the use of weak MD5 Algorithms and thus, you are not being able to access websites using HTTPS.
The tab states, “This might be because the site uses outdated or unsafe TLS security settings. If this keeps happening try contacting the website’s owner.” These are a few of the resolutions that have fixed the page connect error for some Edge users.
Except for Microsoft Edge, the error also occurs on browsers like Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, FireFox, etc. It may be triggered by outdated or insecure TLS settings, or be caused by network driver glitches, or other network-related settings.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10 operating system (Home, Professional, Enterprise, Education) from all supported hardware manufactures, like Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba,Lenovo, and Samsung).