What other settings can I check if I am still unable to open a page? Close and reopen your internet explorer, ensuring the 'Work Offline' option is still un-ticked. Ensure that 'never dial a connection' is selected.Ħ. If you are still getting a popup asking you to connect or to work offline, ensure you have the connection settings set correctly on internet explorer. Once this is done, try closing and reopening your Internet Explorer to see if it is back working. To do this in Internet Explorer you click on the 'Tools' button, then if you see there is a tick beside 'Work Offline', click on this to remove that tick. If you see an error message when you open your Internet Explorer saying that you are working offline you can fix this simply by unticking the option for 'Work Offline'. I am getting an error message saying I am working offline when I open Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer Working Offline Error Message