Log on problem India: Invalid character

Dear all,
we have running a BI 7.0 Portal. We have a guidline how to set up the Internet-Settings (IE 6) for using the portal. It works fine for all our subsituaries, with exeption of India.
In India, we get the log on screen and we can enter the user name and PW. By confirming this data, we receice the message:
Line: 2
Char: 1
Code: 0
Error: Invalid character
Additionaly we receive the following message:
Line: 1161
Char: 1
Error: 'EPCM.getSAPTop().gHistoryFrameworkObj'is null or not an object
Code: 0
Do you know how to analyse or solve the problem?
Thanks!
XmxhX
Edited by: XmchX on Mar 19, 2008 8:20 AM

Hello,
See this thread and see whthere its applicable to you,
Error while accessing portal.....
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